Love on the Dole
By Walter Greenwood
The Hardcastle family are pulled apart by mass unemployment. Harry Hardcastle is working in a pawn shop, but is attracted to the glamour of working in the engineering factory Marlows Ltd. After seven years working there as an apprentice, he is laid off in the midst of the Great Depression, and is from that point on unable to find work. He becomes romantically involved with a girl on his street, Helen, whom he gets pregnant; this forces them to marry, despite the fact that Harry now not only is unemployed but also has been taken off the dole by the Means Test. Sally Hardcastle, his older sister, falls in love with a doomed socialist agitator, Larry Meath.
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Cast
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Stanley Whittaker | Director |
| Roxane Edworthy | Sally Hardcastle |
| Sheila Godfrey | Mrs Hardcastle |
| Greg Snowden | Larry Meath |
| Scott Cooper | Harry Hardcastle |
| Tony McDonagh | Mr Hardcastle |
| Roma Taylor | Mrs Jike |
| Maureen Jackson | Mrs Dorbell |
| Christine Durkin | Mrs Bull |
| John Moorhead | Policeman |
| Tom Daniels | Charlie |
| Amy Petterson | Helen Hawkins |
| Tony Harris | Sam Grundy |
| Stuart Marshall | O'Leary |
Past Production
This show ran from 2nd April 2005 - 9th April 2005.
Venue
Rossendale Players
69 Burnley Road East
Waterfoot, Lancashire
BB4 9AR