Roots
- By:
- Arnold Wesker
- Management:
- Royal Exchange
- Cast:
- Denise Black, Claire Brown, David Beams, Patrick Connolly, John Cording, Caroline Devlin, Lorna Lewis, Owen Oakeshott
- Director:
- Jo Combes
- Design:
- Liz Ashcroft
- Sound:
- Gerry Marsden
- Lighting:
- David Holmes
Production information can change over the run of the show.
The revival of Arnold Wesker's Roots, 50 years after it was written, is a welcome resurrection of a work too long ignored. Written during a period when new voices, like Osborne and Pinter were emerging, bringing real life on stage, their works were often described as 'kitchen sink dramas'. While there is a working kitchen sink on stage in this production, Wesker is at pains to reject that description...
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