'Happy Families' by John Godber
On his graduation day, John looks back over his teenage years, recalling all the emabarrassments, tensions, joys
and sorrows of family life. As he grows older and becomes better educated, he feels less and less comfortable
with his working-class family who cannot understand his growing intellect and his theatrical aspirations; at the
end he is left, alone and uncertain, to face the future... Full of warmth, understanding and humour, Happy
Families paints an affectionate and appealing portrait of an ordinary family struggling with change,
bereavement and the generation gap. Originally written for the Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain and
sponsored by British Telecom, Happy Families is presented now in its rewritten form, which was used for
the first professional production at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in February 1992.
The performance dates are Tuesday 18th to Saturday 22nd May 2010 at 7.30pm in the Malthouse.
Tickets go on sale to members and patrons on Monday 19th April and then to the general public on Monday 3rd
May.
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