Men Should Weep
Sep - Nov 2011
Overview
Production History
Men Should Weep ran from 16th September to 26th November 2011, touring to Citizen's Theatre, Glasgow, Webster Memorial Theatre, Arbroath, Eden Court, Inverness, His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen, King's Theatre, Edinburgh and Perth Theatre.
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.
By Ena Lamont Stewart
Directed by Graham McLaren
Playing the stoic matriarch Maggie, Lorraine McIntosh brilliantly conveys the sense of being a product of her economic circumstances… behind her fury, she shows us a good-hearted woman making the most of the little she’s got.The Guardian
Close to perfect in its combination of unerring and entirely appropriate naturalism with the powerfully engaged (and engaging) performances of a universally brilliant cast.Sunday Herald
[Playwright Ena] Lamont Stewart has an unparalleled ability to understand and stage true dramatic conflictThe Scotsman
Cast
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- Charlene Boyd
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- Maureen Carr
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- Janette Foggo
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- Arthur Johnstone
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- Colin Little
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- Pauline Lockhart
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- Erin McCardie
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- Louise McCarthy
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- Grant McDonald
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- Lorraine McIntosh
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- Michael Nardone
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- Ann Scott-Jones
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- Anita Vettesse
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- Julie Wilson Nimmo
Creative team
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- Graham McLaren
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- Colin Richmond
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- Designer
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- Colin Grenfell
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- Lighting Designer
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- Nick Sagar
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- Sound Designer
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- Phil McCormack
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- Assistant Director
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- Ann Henderson
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- Casting Director
Explore
Production Images
Videos
- Men Should Weep cast interviews
- Arthur Johnstone sings songs from Men Should Weep
- Designing the set of Men Should Weep
