Close the Coalhouse Door, Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne by Laura Fraine

Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne: Alan Plater's celebrated 1968 play of the North East miner's struggle was based on stories by his friend and mentor Sid Chaplin. The play has been handed down like the stories within and there is a pleasing continuity in the fact that Lee Hall, for whom Plater was a mentor, has brought it up to date. Read the full review

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