bondagers
by sue glover

“The Hiring, The Hiring Fair. First Monday in February. Coldest Monday in February. Eight O’clock. Soon as it’s licht. See the farmers wi the hinds. See the hinds bargain wi the bondagers. See the bonny bondagers
stand in a row “.

Full of warmth, passion, humour and insight,
Sue Glover’s award winning play
Bondagers tells the story of six farm women working on the great Border farms of Scotland in the 1860s. The bondagers were women hired at the annual
hiring fairs by farm hands who were required to bring female workers with them when they themselves were hired on by the tenant farms. These resilient women
take pride in their work while building relationships through song and dance, through compassion for one another and through their connection to the land.

Sue Glover is one of Scotland's foremost playwrights whose plays have been produced worldwide to enormous critical and audience acclaim. Bondagers is a modern Scottish classic.