Robert Tressell's pre-First World War account of the working lives of a group
of housepainters and decorators has become a classic of working-class
literature. Howard Brenton's vivid stage adaptation lays bare the many social
injustices perpetrated on these men but captures their individual characters
with touching truth to life.
Robert Tressell's pre-First World War account of the working lives of a group
of housepainters and decorators has become a classic of working-class
literature. Howard Brenton's vivid stage adaptation lays bare the many social
injustices perpetrated on these men but captures their individual characters
with touching truth to life.
