Last Thursday night Stuart and I went to Diyan Zora directing Roots - Arnold Wesker’s lyrical, impassioned play about a young woman’s journey to self-discovery - at the Almeida Theatre in London's glitzy Islington.
Set in Norfolk in 1959 the play tells of Beatie Bryant (Morfydd Clark) returning to her rural home with inflamed political zeal from her time spent living in London.
As the family anxiously prepares for the arrival of her firebrand activist boyfriend Ronnie, Beatie struggles to fit back into her old way of life.
The conflict comes from when Beatie’s radical new ideals fail to land with her traditional family - and in particular her stubborn mum Mrs Bryant (Sophie Stanton). "A child of mine! Wanting to improve herself!"
I enjoyed it, Stuart even more so. I think he saw many parallels with his own life.
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