The Hired Man
2019
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Cumbria 1898. Whippet racing hiring fairs hunting and drunken antics collide in this passionate story of John and Emily a young married couple and their moving struggle to carve a living from the land. An epic and heroic tale of love betrayal and loyalty set against a backdrop of English country traditions being swept away as a new century faces the gathering storm of war… Based on the stirring novel by Melvyn Bragg with a superb score of rousing foot-stomping rhythms and soaring choruses by Howard Goodall the award-winning composer of West End hits Bend It Like Beckham and Love Story.