Rehearsal photos have been released 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 from Wednesday 23 May – Saturday 23 June. The Daughter-in-Law will star Harry Hepple as Luther Gascoyne and Ellie Nunn as Minnie Gascoyne.
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.
