Afternoon Play - Worktown

Michael Symonds Roberts's play is inspired by Humphrey Spender's photographs of Bolton in the 1930s. Following a funeral procession through the cobbled backstreets, the play dips into pockets of life on its way. Poetry, dialogue, monologue and song combine to create a funny and sometimes poignant picture of the richness of local life at the time. Narrator ...... Russell Dixon Gwen/Barmaid ...... Janice Connolly Jim ...... Bernard Wrigley Alfie ...... John Henshaw Policeman ...... Andrew Grose Angus ...... Oliver Lee Doorman/Mr Adams ...... Antony Bessick Driver/Mourner ...... Terence Mann Directed by Susan Roberts.