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Road is the first play written by Jim Cartwright, and was first produced in 1986 at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, directed by Simon Curtis. [1] The play explores the lives of the people in a deprived, working class area of Lancashire during the government of Margaret Thatcher, a time of high unemployment in the north of England. Despite its ...
'Road' explores the lives of the people who live in an un-named road, in a deprived, working class area of Lancashire during the Thatcher government - a time of high unemployment in the north of England.
- Jeff Bone
- Ingrid Corrigan
- Nathan Chapman
- Megan Green
Road - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Road is Jim Cartwright's first play, produced in 1986 about the lives of working class people in Lancashire during Margaret Thatcher's government of high unemployment.
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Road, set in 1980s Lancashire, focuses on the lives of working-class characters struggling with issues like poverty, unemployment, and domestic strife under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government.
Jim Cartwright’s Road, returns to the Royal Court more than 30 years after it debuted in 1986, examining the lives of one set of residents in a generic Lancashire town. And while the odd accent drops by from Newcastle, it tells a story of poverty, hopelessness and futile ambition, yearning for a better future and nostalgic for a happier past.
Jan 1, 2001 · Road. Jim Cartwright. 3.63. 248 ratings19 reviews. Under the guidance of the rum-soaked wideboy Scullery, we are taken on an evening's tour of a scruffy, depressed road in a small Lancashire town.
Jim Cartwright’s seminal play gives expression to the inhabitants of an unnamed northern road in Eighties Britain. “ Road is coming round us.” Royal Court Associate Director John Tiffany directs this new production, thirty years after it was originally staged at the Royal Court.
