This classic northern comedy is set in nineteenth-century Salford. It is an exquisitely crafted play in which Henry Hobson runs a successful bootmaker’s shop. He tries forcefully to rule the lives of his three grown-up daughters, but when he decrees 'no marriages' to avoid the expensive matter of settlements, his eldest daughter Maggie rebels and sets her sights on timid Will Mossop, Hobson's star bootmaker. Maggie and Will leave to start up in competition, and she then sets about helping her sisters marry their chosen partners.

“…a really entertaining and thought-provoking show”