Inheritance
From: Wednesday, 3rd November 2010
To: Saturday, 27 November 2010
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Synopsis
Harry’s had some bad news from the doctor and he’s worried. Worried that, because of his life-long political convictions, he hasn't got anything to leave to his sons and grandchildren. So, by joining the property owning democracy, Harry thinks he's helping everyone out. Then the economic downturn gets in the way. Inheritance is a timely, comic and poignant exploration of how a worldwide recession impacts on the lives of ordinary people.
Our Review:
Damian Robson - 9 November 2010
Social realism and a desire to be a better person all eminate from an Inheritance by Mike Packer, which premieres at Live Theatre. But while becoming the better person, do we lose sight of the true values that bind us together. All these questions and more are pondered in the two hours of the play.
Harry, played with pathos and style by David Hargreaves, delivers verse and prose and a pride in a way of life that we will never see again, his two boys; Frank (Mathew Hill) and Terry (Steven Hillman) try to make their way in life, and seem to fail at every hurdle, the odds seem stacked against them. Their long suffering wives, Susan (Martina Laird) and Los (Melanie Hill) hold the lives of the family together.
There are funny moments in the play, although, rather like the work of Jim Cartwright, the realism and the political message are at times so strong you forget to laugh; unless of course that was just me?
A wonderful evening at Live Theatre; al...
Cast
David Hargreaves (Harry)
Matthew Wait (Frank)
Steven Hillman (Terry)
Melanie Hill (Los)
Martina Laird (Susan)
Creative
Mike Packer (Author)
Lisa Goldman (Director)
Ben Stones (Design)
Philip Gladwell (Lighting)
Emma Roxburgh (assistant) (Director)
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