Men Should Weep
by Ena Lamont Stewart

Name: Men Should Weep
Brand: Ena Lamont Stewart
SKU: 9780573018381
Rating: 3.23 (393 reviews)

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Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

British

What readers are saying

Readers have a mixed response to the play, praising its powerful themes and strong female characters. Many appreciate the emotional depth and historical context of the story, while some find it boring or too bleak. The dialogue and portrayal of working-class struggles in Glasgow resonate with many, though a few express dissatisfaction with the ending and overall pace.

Strong female charactersEmotionally impactfulRich historical contextSome find it boringBleak and depressing tone

Synopsis

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 alo a rich vein of comedy - the sense of the ridiculous, the need for a good laugh.