Labour of Love (play) - Misplaced Pages

2017 play by James Graham

Labour of Love
Written by	James Graham
Place premiered	Noël Coward Theatre
Original language	English
Subject	Politics
Genre	Comedy
Setting	Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England

Labour of Love is a 2017 play by James Graham. It tells the story of a Labour MP over 25 years in office in Kirkby-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The full cast included Martin Freeman as David Lyons, Tamsin Greig as Jean Whittaker, Rachael Stirling as Elizabeth Lyons, Kwong Loke as Mr Shen, Dickon Tyrrell as Len Prior and Susie Wokoma as Margot Midler.

Production history

Directed by Jeremy Herrin, the play began previews at the Noël Coward Theatre on 27 September 2017, with an official opening night on 2 October. It concluded its limited run on 2 December 2017. The opening was delayed by a week due to Sarah Lancashire dropping out of the production on doctors' advice, with Tamsin Greig replacing her.

References

^ "Sarah Lancashire replaced by Tamsin Greig in Labour of Love". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

External links

Official Website

v t e Works by James Graham
Stage	Albert's Boy (2005) Eden's Empire (2006) Little Madam (2007) Sons of York (2008) Tory Boyz (2008) SuddenLossOfDignity.Com (2009) A History of Falling Things (2009) The Whisky Taster (2010) The Man (2010) Basset (2010) Sixty-Six Books (2011) This House (2012) Privacy (2014) The Angry Brigade (2014) Finding Neverland (2014) The Vote (2015) Monster Raving Loony (2016) Ink (2017) Labour of Love (2017) Quiz (2017) The Culture (2017) Sketching (2018) Bubble (2020) Best of Enemies (2021) Tammy Faye (2022) Dear England (2023)
Screen	X+Y (2015) Coalition (2015) Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019) "Tywysog Cymru" (2019) Quiz (2020) Sherwood (2022–) The Way (2024) Brian and Maggie (2025)

Works by James Graham

Stage

Albert's Boy (2005)
Eden's Empire (2006)
Little Madam (2007)
Sons of York (2008)
Tory Boyz (2008)
SuddenLossOfDignity.Com (2009)
A History of Falling Things (2009)
The Whisky Taster (2010)
The Man (2010)
Basset (2010)
Sixty-Six Books (2011)
This House (2012)
Privacy (2014)
The Angry Brigade (2014)
Finding Neverland (2014)
The Vote (2015)
Monster Raving Loony (2016)
Ink (2017)
Labour of Love (2017)
Quiz (2017)
The Culture (2017)
Sketching (2018)
Bubble (2020)
Best of Enemies (2021)
Tammy Faye (2022)
Dear England (2023)

Screen

X+Y (2015)
Coalition (2015)
Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019)
"Tywysog Cymru" (2019)
Quiz (2020)
Sherwood (2022–)
The Way (2024)
Brian and Maggie (2025)

v t e Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play
Donkeys' Years (1976) Privates on Parade (1977) Filumena (1978) Middle-Age Spread (1979) Educating Rita (1980) Steaming (1981) Noises Off (1982) Daisy Pulls It Off (1983) Up 'n' Under (1984) A Chorus of Disapproval (1985) When We Are Married (1986) Three Men on a Horse (1987) Shirley Valentine (1988) Single Spies (1989/1990) Out of Order (1991) La Bête (1992) The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (1993) Hysteria (1994) My Night with Reg (1995) Mojo (1996) 'Art' (1997) Popcorn (1998) Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick (1999) The Memory of Water (2000) Stones in His Pockets (2001) The Play What I Wrote (2002) The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2003) Heroes (2006) The 39 Steps (2007) Rafta, Rafta... (2008) God of Carnage (2009) The Priory (2010) Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (2014) The Play That Goes Wrong (2015) Nell Gwynn (2016) Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour (2017) Labour of Love (2018) Home, I'm Darling (2019) Emilia (2020) No Ceremony (2021) Pride and Prejudice (sort of) (2022) My Neighbour Totoro (2023) Stranger Things: The First Shadow (2024)

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play

Donkeys' Years (1976)
Privates on Parade (1977)
Filumena (1978)
Middle-Age Spread (1979)
Educating Rita (1980)
Steaming (1981)
Noises Off (1982)
Daisy Pulls It Off (1983)
Up 'n' Under (1984)
A Chorus of Disapproval (1985)
When We Are Married (1986)
Three Men on a Horse (1987)
Shirley Valentine (1988)
Single Spies (1989/1990)
Out of Order (1991)
La Bête (1992)
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (1993)
Hysteria (1994)
My Night with Reg (1995)
Mojo (1996)
'Art' (1997)
Popcorn (1998)
Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick (1999)
The Memory of Water (2000)
Stones in His Pockets (2001)
The Play What I Wrote (2002)
The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2003)
Heroes (2006)
The 39 Steps (2007)
Rafta, Rafta... (2008)
God of Carnage (2009)
The Priory (2010)
Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (2014)
The Play That Goes Wrong (2015)
Nell Gwynn (2016)
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour (2017)
Labour of Love (2018)
Home, I'm Darling (2019)
Emilia (2020)
No Ceremony (2021)
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) (2022)
My Neighbour Totoro (2023)
Stranger Things: The First Shadow (2024)

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