Hobson’s Choice at the Penrith Playhouse from October 12 to 15.
A classic comedy from the cobbles (and cobblers) of Lancashire, a play of compassion and warmth in which curmudgeonly bootmaker Henry Hobson has his options famously restricted.
Penrith Players celebrate this famous tale of a self-made man, shopkeeper, skinflint and boozer, written by Harold Brighouse.
Henry Hobson is a tyrant to his daughters and a particularly stubborn man. When Maggie, his eldest daughter, stands up for her own rights and opposes Hobson’s wishes by intending to marry Will Mossop, who works as a boot-maker in the family shop, a battle of wills starts.
Ultimately, he stands to lose his customers, his daughters and his pride, it is Hobson’s choice after all.
The production is kindly sponsored by Atkinson Building Contractors
Book tickets online or at the Tourist Information Centre
