Driving Miss Daisy

Synopsis

Tale of the unlikely, long-lasting friendship that blossoms between a prickly, elderly Southern matriarch and her kind-hearted chauffeur, Hoke. As the wheels turn and the decades roll by against a backdrop of prejudice, inequality and civil unrest, the pair slowly transcend their differences and ultimately grow to rely on each other far more than either of them ever expected.

Our Review:

Petra Schofield - 30 October 2012

This touching and heart warming play by Alfred Uhry explores the 25 year relationship between a widow and her chauffeur, from its first production in 1987 to becoming an Oscar winning film this is a story essentially about friendship and loyalty springing from the least likely places.

Gwen Taylor takes on the mantel of the feisty Jewish widow persuaded by her son to take on a chauffeur, it is against all she stands for and over time we see the social barriers sliding and a friendship appear. Don Warrington as Hoke Coleburn is in charge as the dignified, persistent and devoted friend who stays with Miss Daisy into old age as they become linked by their interdependence and friendship over some of the hardest years in America’s social history.

Taylor creates a wonderful Daisy, sharp and acerbic barely tolerating those around her, a retired school teacher who seems only to relate to others as if pupils in her class. Warrington matches this performance with a cool, res...

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