The Steamie

"A night in the life at a 1950s communal laundry showing how life was like for working class Glasgow Women"
Audience Score
85
The Steamie
NR 1 hr 18 minTV Movie, History, Family, Comedy, Music, Drama
Tony Roper wrote The Steamie for Glasgows Mayfest in 1987 Return to Hogmany 1957 when a fiesty group of Glasgow women Mrs Culfeathers Dolly Doreen and the irrepressible Magrit all meet at The Steamie to do the traditional family wash before the New Year The Steamie is a hilarious cameo of Glasgows social history where the washing was always easier to do when the Women shared their laugher and sorrow and a scandalous supply of gossip This is the definitive version of the most popular play of the last 20 years with the all star cast of Dorothy Paul as Magrit Eileen McCallum as Dolly Kate Murphy as Doreen Sheila McDonald as Mrs Culfeathers and a very young Peter Mullan as Andy the whisky loving handy man
DirectorHaldane Duncan

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Robert Love
Production Companies:Scottish Television STV
Movie Tags:scotland