Playwright: Stephen Lowe, adapted from Robert Tressell
Director: Stephen Daldry
Venue: Sheffield Crucible
Status: Completed play. Initially performed by the Metro Theatre Company, which toured their production for over two years (1985-7)
The story of a group of house painters who are joined by Owen, an artist and journeyman-prophet with a vision of a just society. Owen attempts to rouse his fellow workers from their complacency with spirited attacks on the greed and dishonesty of the capitalist system.
Recent article on the author of the novel on which this play is based, Robert Tressell