A SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD. TITLE
Love on the Dole
Full-Length Play / 7f, 9m
Ronald Gow, Walter Greenwood
An outstanding success on the English and American stages. Set
in a
manufacturing suburb of Manchester, is the story of respectable and
responsible working-class people whose life is reduced to dogged
survival.
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Cast Size
7f, 9m
Details
Summary
The older folks in the Hardcastle family are unwillingly used to poverty; they still stubbornly believe that business will improve. But the young people are restless; in between, the young men and the young women do not obligingly wait for trade to turn the corner. Sally waits for Larry until he is killed in a labor parade. Her brother and his girl have to marry on the meager pittance of poorhouse relief. After six months of hopelessness Sally goes to keep house for a wealthy man who can support her. That is the only way out for her and the broken family.
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Ronald Gow