Hindle Wakes

By Stanley Houghton


It's holiday week in the Lancashire town of Hindle, just before the First World War. Fanny Hawthorn, a spirited, determined mill girl, has just returned from a weekend in Blackpool with her friend Mary Hollins. At least that's what she tells her parents. In fact, she's been spending the weekend with Alan Jeffcote, a wealthy mill owner's son who is engaged to someone else. When Fanny's parents discover the truth, they set out to ensure that Alan will do the decent thing and marry her - only to discover that Fanny has her own ideas on the matter...One of the first plays to have a working-class female protagonist, Hindle Wakes was hugely controversial at the time of its writing."

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Cast


Name Role
Jeff Heys Director
Jean Teasdale Mrs Hawthorn
Stuart Corless Christopher Hawthorn
Jane Marland Fanny Hawthorn
Muriel West Mrs Jeffcote
Geoffrey Collinge Nathaniel Jeffcote
Richard Crabtree Alan Jeffcote
Geoffrey Jackson Sir Timothy Farrar
Kathryn Fenn Beatrice Farrar
Janet Phelan Ada

Past Production

This show ran from 8th September 1987 - 11th September 1987.

Venue

The Bacup Leisure Centre
Burnley Road
OL13 8AG

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