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Hobson’s Choice by Harold Brighouse

December 29, 2018 By Barony Webmaster

6th – 11th May 2019

The Barony Players’ Spring 2019 production was ‘Hobson’s Choice’, a Lancashire Comedy by Harold Brighouse directed by Tom Keeble. It is set in Salford, Lancashire in 1880 and is a focused, comedic exploration of the changing status and expectations of women within late-Victorian society.

Prosperous Salford bootmaker Henry Hobson is a widower with three daughters. It’s 1880, change is in the air and Hobson, a man who stands for middle-class Victorian values, doesn’t like it one bit when his daughters – who work unwaged for him in the shop and do all the housework – get what he calls “uppity”.

Younger daughters Vickey and Alice have beaus they would like to marry, but Hobson is too mean to give them the dowry they need, and he has no intention of letting his eldest daughter, Maggie, slip through his fingers. He might call her an “old maid”, but even the lightly sozzled Hobson knows she’s the real brains behind the business. But Maggie has other ideas for her future and they include bootmaker Willie Mossop, who may lack education and confidence but knows how to turn out a fine pair of boots fit for the carriage trade.

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Audience Reviews

Brilliant play perfectly done. Sets were fantastic and acting at its usual high standard.”

“Congratulations once again to The Barony. My dad and I thoroughly enjoyed Hobson’s Choice. Very funny and very professional with a fantastic cast.”

“Really excellent!🎭🎟”

“Terrific performance tonight well done to all involved on and off stage”


Cast List

Directed by Tom Keeble

Henry HobsonIan StewartMaggie HobsonClaire Withnell
Alice HobsonSue SpencerVickey HobsonJane Thomson
Albert ProsserCraig W LoweMrs HepworthJudy Barker
Tubby WadlowSteve CorrallWilliam MossopJohn Knox
Jim HeelerKeith HewittFred BeenstockRoddy Bain
Ada FigginsLindsey MullinDr McFarlaneWilliam Cunningham

Production Team

DirectorTom KeebleLightingRichard Ferguson
Assistant DirectorBetty MillarSoundJeni Adamson & Carter Ferguson
Stage ManagerSandra BainCostume & PropsSusan White, Lorna Wallace, Sandra Bain, Sue Spencer, Jean Watt
Set Design & BuildTom Keeble & Barony WorkshopPoster DesignConnie Smith
Front of House ManagerSheena KeebleProgramme DesignWendy Turner & Andy Stewart
Box Office ManagerMichelle LoweTechnical AdviserDuncan Waterston

All photos courtesy of Connie Smith and Michelle Lowe.

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