Set at the turn of the previous century in the unforgiving rural landscape of Cumbria, The Hired Man himself is the hard-working John Tallentire, a man who will turn to any aspect of working the land - above in the field or below in the mines - to support his family, but in difficult times and with the Great War approaching, life is tough.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM on August 1, 2017