Final casting is announced for a rare production of D H Lawrence’s The Daughter in Law, a searing and unforgettable drama about heartache, inequality and the ties that bind, set in the heat of the 1912 miners’ strike.
This groundbreaking play, not published or performed in Lawrence’s lifetime, premiered in a Peter Gill production at the Royal Court Theatre in the 1960s. It is receiving its first London production in over 15 years, staged in the round, at Arcola Theatre.
Minnie has big ambitions for her new marriage to Luther Gascoyne, but Luther’s mother Mrs Gascoyne has ideas of her own. When she discovers explosive news about one of Luther’s old flames, Mrs Gascoyne lays the battle-lines for an emotional struggle that could tear the whole family apart.
Jack Gamble directs, Harry Hepple (Luther Gascoyne) who is best known as the leading character, Leo in the BBC1 series Boy Meets Girl. Veronica Roberts (Mrs Gascoyne) among her many credits, was in Moving Pieces at the National Theatre. The cast also includes Matthew Biddulph (Joe Gascoyne) and Tessa Bell-Briggs (Mrs Purdy).
The Daughter in Law is at The Arcola Theatre Wednesday 23rd May – Saturday 23rd June.
