Hull TruckThere is less social mobility in the UK in 2012 than there was in the 1960s and 70s, so John Godber's 1997 play about Martin, a teacher turned would-be writer, who realises the gulf between himself and his parents on a weekend break in Whitby, looks like a period piece. Godber knows about the ties that bind and the things that tear us apart: he is himself the hugely successful writer-son of a miner.In this …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PM on March 8, 2012