The Daughter-in-Law Tickets
Nominated for 3 Off West End Awards (Best Female Performance, Best Costume Design, Best Direction)Children under the age of 12 are not permitted.
Performance dates
10 January - 2 February 2019
Run time 2hr 20min (inc interval)
Includes interval
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Following a sold-out first run, and three Off West End award nominations, The Daughter-in-Law transfers to Arcola Studio 1 for four weeks only.
D H Lawrence’s groundbreaking play, never performed in his lifetime, entwines the struggles of a young married couple with those of a community on strike.
In Nottinghamshire, 1912, trouble is brewing in the mines – and simmering closer to home. When Mrs Gascoyne discovers an explosive secret about her newly-married son, it risks the hard-earned security of her daughter-in-law. But Minnie Gascoyne isn’t going to settle without a fight.
Jack Gamble’s in-the-round staging tears down the walls of the Gascoyne family home, and exposes Lawrence’s remarkable characters to a world approaching boiling point.
Content
This production contains: smoking, haze, loud noises, and references to violenceAccess
Please note: the access lift at the Arcola Theatre is currently out of order- for additional information please call the box office.Recent Reviews
Excellent production, acting first-rate.
Extremely interesting early 20th century sexual politics from D.H. Lawrence, by modern standards a little simplistic perhaps but delivered with enormous panache and of its time. Expert attention to Nottinghamshire dialect and idioms can take a while to tune into, but some gems if you catch them (again, mostly offensive to modern sensibilities). Terrific performances all round, powerful stuff.
Excellent performance which completely absorbed us.
Loved this production. Great little theatre
Brilliant acting and production. You did not need all the fake smoke in the air after initial scene-setting/ play opening, it just made me cough!
Congratulations on this outstanding production of a deceptively difficult play. You caught the nuances of shifting feeling in the characters and were always convincing in the emotional expression. All the characters were powerful with Mrs Purdyand Joe as major presences. Luther is sometimes a weak link as he has to be unmanned by his mother yet with the potential to explain Minnie’s love for him. The actor managed this beautifully. Well done and thank you all round.
This is a wonderful play. The cast performed it perfectly and stayed true to DHLawrence’s original.
Lively and engaging production with a real feeling of authenticity for the place and the time.
Excellent show, possibly new front of house staff did not seem to know where our seats were.
Brilliant acting in a thought provoking piece of theatre
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