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Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 4m
Githa Sowerby
Rutherford and Son by Githa Sowerby
Rutherford & Son was written in 1912 and is Githa Sowerby’s most celebrated play. Ahead of it’s time, the play challenges the role and expectations of women in the male dominated, industrial North of England.
This is the story of a family on the brink of collapse.
M4 (20s, 40s, 60)F4 (26, 36, middle age, 60)
A living-room
"...one of the most durable plays of the last century" - The Guardian
"...a first-rate drama." - The Guardian
"If any Edwardian play has stood the test of time, this is unforgettably it." - The Guardian
"Sowerby’s play is an indictment of patriarchal, transactional, status-obsessed, class-ridden society..." - TimeOut
"a darkly passionate portrait of a feuding family, as well as a canny vision of a business at risk in an age of political and sexual upheaval..." - Evening Standard
"Sowerby excels at showing the way in which women navigate the patriarchy, the unending compromise and negotiation." - The Stage
Katherine Githa Sowerby was born in 1876 in Gateshead, England. Her first play, Rutherford & Son, originally performed in 1912, was an outstanding success. Credited as G.K. Sowerby, the playwright was assumed to be a man. When Sowerby's true identity was revealed, she became ...