Love on the Dole

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Event Love on the Dole
Venue Workers' Art Club (1932-1943), Sydney, NSW
First Date 24 November 1935
Opening Date 24 November 1935
Last Date 8 December 1935
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description By Ronald Gow and Walter Greenwood. The play depicts a northern English manufacturing town and the varied tales of people affected by unemployment.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Romantic
Subjects 1930s
Political
Socialism
Unemployment
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Victor Arnold Actor Role: Larry Meath
Hugh Carlson Actor Role: Charlie
Marjorie Garraway Actor Role: Mrs Hardcastle
Ethel Holmes Actor Role: Helen Hawkins
Charles Kitchener Actor Scenery Role: Mr Hardcastle
Tim McGill Actor Role: Policeman
Tess Nicholas Actor Role: Mrs Jike
Brian Rodgers Actor Role: Newsboy
Leila Rodgers Actor Role: Mrs Bull
Desmond Rowan Actor Role: Harry Hardcastle
Pat Tucker Actor Role: Mrs Dorbell
Nora Weekes Actor Role: Sally Hardcastle
Ronald Gow Playwright
Walter Greenwood Playwright
Jerold Wells Producer Director Role: Sam Grundy
Resources
Further Information Information for this production was taken from The New Years, 1932 - The Plays, People and Events of Six Decades of Sydney's Radical New Theatre, New Theatre, 1992. Cast and crew added from Records of the Sydney New Theatre 1932-1990 ML MSS 6244, State Library of NSW
Event Status Completed
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 22607