The Gut Girls

The Gut Girls

The Gut Girls

Sarah Daniels

The Gut Girls

The Gut Girls

Sarah Daniels

Overview

Premiéred at London's Albany Empire in 1988 and set in Deptford at the turn of the century this play traces the lives of the girls who work in the gutting sheds of the Cattle Market and how their lives are changed when the sheds are closed down. Although the girls are unwilling participants in a club founded by Lady Helena to find alternative employment the results are not without tragic consequences.

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Genre: Period
  • Time Period: 1900-1910
  • Cast Attributes: Expandable Casting
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

Author

Sarah Daniels