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Saturday-Night Theatre

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Love on the Dole by RONALD GOW and WALTER GREENWOOD with and Ronald Gow enters his 90th year this month and this new production is a celebration of that event.
It is 1934 in Hanky Park, Salford - unemployment and poverty are rife. The Hardcastle family, like all their neighbours, struggle to survive.
Sally sees a more promising future through her friendship with Larry Meath and his vision of a truly socialist future, but destructive forces surround them.
Directed by PAT TRUEMAN. Stereo
(Re-broadcast on Monday at 3. 00pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronald Gow
Unknown:
Walter Greenwood
Unknown:
Larry Meath
Directed By:
Pat Trueman.
Sally Hardcastle:
Mary-Jo Randle
Larry Meath:
David Schofield
Mrs Hardcastle:
Elizabeth Kelly
Harry Hardcastle:
Gary Cady
Mr Hardcastle:
John Samson
Mrs Jike:
Pat Coombs
Mrs Dorbell:
Jennifer Piercey
Mrs Bull:
Diana Olsson
Helen Hawkins:
Julia Ford
Sam Grundy:
Stephen Thorne
O'Leary:
Steven Harrold
Charlie/Poiceman:
David Goodland

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