Rutherford & Son

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18 September 2009 – 3 October, 2009

By Githa Sowerby
A Northern Stage and Threshold Theatre co-production
Directed by Richard Beecham
Designed by Naomi Dawson
Lighting Design by Anna Watson
Sound Design by Jon Nicholls

Tyneside, 1912. John Rutherford’s glass-making empire is in trouble.  A brutal industrialist who has sacrificed his children for the family firm, he is about to count the true cost of his tyranny. With his son-and-heir set on renouncing the family business and his daughter embroiled in a scandalous love affair, the future looks bleak indeed.

A century after it thrilled audiences in London and New York, Githa Sowerby’s forgotten Geordie drama receives its North East premiere.
Visit the Rutherford & Son website at www.rutherfordandson.com

One of the north east’s best known veteran socialist activists died in August a few weeks a short of his 95th birthday. It is now too late to include an appreciation of Charley’s long life in the 2009 North East History Journal but we will do so in the 2010 volume. Meanwhile a notice will appear on this web site as soon as it is completed.

Typing needed

North East History Journals (Bulletins) number 1-23 were typed on stencils. This makes scanning and re-formatting difficult. We need to copy type some of this material for the new web-site. Would anyone be willing to undertake any of this? contact@nelh.org

We encourage the contribution of articles from all those interested in the history of the working class in north west England. Our contributors include labour movement activists, ‘academic’, ‘amateur’ and local historians, library and museum professionals and retired people.

We welcome contributions on the broad topic of labour and social history including all aspects of the life of the ‘common people’. We are particularly keen to receive contributions from so-called ‘amateur historians’ and those whose research or recollections might not otherwise be published. Perhaps you are unearthing the life of an ancestor who was a women’s suffrage campaigner or early trade unionist. Maybe you have personal recollections of work in an industry, or of life in a community, that no longer exists. The geographical range of the Journal is from the Scottish borders to North Yorkshire and from Tyne to Solway, and also includes articles relating to, or written by, emigrés from the region. The deadline for the submission of articles is the end of April each year. If you would like an informal discussion about your subject please contact the editor by email: contact@nelh.org

First Tuesday: regular discussions at The Irish Centre (opposite St James Metro) at 7pm on the first Tuesday of every month, August excepted.

All tickets for the Pitman Painters at the Theatre Royal on 2^nd October are taken but if anyone wants to be on the reserve list (in case someone is unable to attend) please let me know by emailing contact@nelh.org.

Meeting subjects for 2010 being considered are the ILP and Rural work in Northumberland. Any further suggestions welcomed.

OUT SEPTEMBER!

North East History 40 which includes articles on the Parsons’ factory occupation of 1972 [very topical!], rural labour in Northumberland, local government [Dave Byrne takes no hostages], electoral politics in the late 19th Century north east [the Irish dimension] and the second part of Rene’s Chaplin’s fascinating memoir.
New subscribers can order by emailing journal@nelh.org