Men Should Weep

Sep - Nov 2011

Overview

Set amidst the grinding poverty of Glasgow's infamous tenements in the 1930s, Men Should Weep has long been a favourite with audiences in Scotland.

Following the misfortunes and trials and tribulations of the Morrison family, Ena Lamont Stewart's landmark play is a searing, unflinching depiction of the hand-to-mouth poverty that many working class people lived in at the time.

At the centre of the story and the Morrison family is Maggie, the hard working, care-worn matriarch. Supported and hindered in equal measure by a network of neighbours and family - from whom it is impossible to keep any secrets and with whom there is a constant battle to maintain appearances - she does her very best in the worst of circumstances, always putting herself last.

By turns laugh-out-loud funny, at times tragic, but always thought-provoking, Men Should Weep was remarkably ahead of its time when written in 1947. This major new production by the National Theatre of Scotland will introduce this much-loved work to a new generation of theatregoers and remind those who have seen it before why it has become universally hailed as a contemporary Scottish classic.

Directed by Graham McLaren.

Cast

  • Name
    Charlene Boyd
  • Name
    Maureen Carr
  • Name
    Janette Foggo
  • Name
    Arthur Johnstone
  • Name
    Colin Little
  • Name
    Pauline Lockhart
  • Name
    Erin McCardie
  • Name
    Louise McCarthy
  • Name
    Grant McDonald
  • Name
    Lorraine McIntosh
  • Name
    Michael Nardone
  • Name
    Ann Scott-Jones
  • Name
    Anita Vettesse
  • Name
    Julie Wilson Nimmo

Creative team

  • Name
    Graham McLaren
    Role
    Director
  • Name
    Colin Richmond
    Role
    Designer
  • Name
    Colin Grenfell
    Role
    Lighting Designer
  • Name
    Nick Sagar
    Role
    Sound Designer
  • Name
    Phil McCormack
    Role
    Assistant Director
  • Name
    Ann Henderson
    Role
    Casting Director