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Cranford (adapted by Martyn Coleman)

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  9f, 2m

Elizabeth Gaskell, Martyn Coleman

Cranford is a small country market town, inhabited largely by women.
This is a community that runs on cooperation and gossip, at the very
heart of which are the daughters of the former rector Miss Deborah
Jenkyns and her sister Miss Matty. But domestic peace is constantly
threatened in the form of financial disaster, imagined burglaries,
tragic accidents, and the reappearance of long-lost relatives.

Cranford (adapted by Martyn Coleman)

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    9f, 2m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptation (Literature)

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Summary
In the play we see the stories’ intimate connection with the youthful experiences of their creator, as Mrs Gaskell talks to her audience and brings her characters to life. The stories are set in the 1830s, when lighting was by candle and oil lamp, sewing and lacemaking were done by hand, the fastest travel was by horse, and tea was only for the genteel few.

By the time Mrs Gaskell wrote the stories in the 1860s, the slow world of Cranford had been lost to gaslight, mass production in factories, railways and much more tea available for the working classes.
  • Features Period Costumes

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Authors

Author

Elizabeth Gaskell

Author

Martyn Coleman

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