British mining culture, class structure called to play in 'Pitmen Painters'

From the moment he first heard about "The Pitmen Painters" " Lee Hall's play about a group of miners in northern England who find their expressive spirit with paint and homemade canvases " director BJ Jones felt a special affinity for the drama. "In 1969, after my dad had died, my brother and I had to make our own dough," recalled Jones, whose production of the play, which already has had successful runs in London, N…

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