Pit drama is grim but gripping

Posted on November 6, 2015 by mkmswain

Three plays, three families, three hours of DH Lawrence. If that fills you with dread, I have good news: Ben Power’s skilled melding of this trio of mining dramas, unperformed in Lawrence’s lifetime, creates a spellbindingly intimate epic.

Read my full Islington Gazette review here

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