Men Should Weep

Written for Glasgow Unity in 1947, this extraordinarily moving play of women surviving in the East End of Glasgow of the 1930s was revived by 7:84 Company to tremendous critical acclaim. It finds in the lives of Maggie, her family and her neighbours not only all the tragedy that appalling housing, massive unemployment and grinding poverty can produce, but also a rich vein of comedy – the sense of the ridiculous, the need for a good laugh.

Cast

Maggie – Frankie Rowan
John – Geoff Nolan
Lily – Marianne Boyle
Granny- Jan Christie
Mrs Wilson – Christine Davie
Mrs Harris – Helen Lamarra
Mrs Bone – Maryanne Hartness

Jenny – Emma Donaghy
Alec – Lewis Fleming/Cameron Adkins
Isa – Niamh McGarvey
Edie – Hanna Kriba
Lizzie – June Stevenson

1st Removal Man – Stuart McKinlay
2nd Removal Man – David Pearson
Earnest – Jack O’Boyle