Love on the Dole

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Event Love on the Dole
Venue Workers' Art Club (1932-1943), Sydney, NSW
First Date 4 December 1938
Opening Date 4 December 1938
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description Three-act play by Ronald Gow and Walter Greenwood. Adapted from Walter Greenwood's novel of the same name. The play depicts a northern English manufacturing town and the varied tales of people affected by unemployment.
The scenes are laid out in Hanky Park, a part of Salford, England, though their counterparts are to be found in the congested manufacturing districts of almost any country. "The time is ripe, and rotten ripe, for change." Repeat performances were given on 11th & 18th December 1938.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Romantic
Subjects Unemployment
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Frank Callanan Actor Sam Grundy
Elsie Dick Actor Mrs. Dorbell
Marcia Gurney Actor Helen Hawkins
Tim McGill Actor Policeman
Dennis Nash Actor Charlie
Mary Osmond Actor Mrs. Hardcastle
Syd Polonsky Actor Harry Hardcastle
Brian Rodgers Actor Newsboy
Leila Rogers Actor Mrs. Bull
Desmond Rowan Actor Larry Meath
Betty Wilson Actor Sally Hardcastle
Bernard Yardley Actor Mr. Hardcastle
Roberta Yardley Actor Mrs. Jike
Ronald Gow Adaptor
Walter Greenwood Author
Victor Arnold Producer
Charles Kitchener Set Designer
Resources
Further Information All 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. No cast or production list available (except Playwright, Director and Designer) and therefore not entered. Update: full cast and crew sourced from programme and entered.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Records of the Sydney New Theatre 1932-1990 ML MSS 6244, SLNSW.
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 22732