Rutherford and Son tickets
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A piercing look at power and family.
Roger Allam (Les Misérables, The Thick of It) returns to the National for the first time in a decade to play Rutherford in this new production directed by Polly Findlay (Beginning).
In a Northern industrial town, John Rutherford rules both factory and family with an iron will. But even as the furnaces burn relentlessly at the Glassworks, at home his children begin to turn against him.
Githa Sowerby’s astonishing play was inspired by her own experience of growing up in a family-run factory in Gateshead. Writing in 1912, when female voices were seldom heard on British stages, she now claims her place alongside Ibsen and Bernard Shaw with this searing depiction of class, gender and generational warfare.
- Access Information
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- Address
Lyttelton Theatre at the National Theatre,
Upper Ground,
South Bank,
London SE1 9PX
- Cancellation Policy
No exchanges or refunds after purchase.
- Duration
Running Time: Approx 2 hrs 35 mins, inc. interval
- Times
03 June 2019 to 03 August 2019
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National Theatre, South Bank, London. SE1 9PX
Lyttelton Theatre
Lyttelton Theatre at the National Theatre,
Upper Ground,
South Bank,
London SE1 9PX