I've been doing some new work on Walter's biography recently and have added some items to his biographical timeline which might be of interest - these include reports of the night burglars hid in the Garrick Theatre at the end of a performance of Love on the Dole in 1935 and tried to steal the… Continue reading New Material added to WG’s Biographical Timeline
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New Article: Love on the Dole and a Case of Theatrical Fraud: Feltham Police Court and the Old Bailey, November 1935 – February 1936.
A story of a man, Mr Arthur Brookes, who offered an investor, Mr John Evered, a chance to make substantial money from funding a production of Love on the Dole at the Lyceum Theatre London. Evered handed over £2050, and even got engaged to Brookes' daughter Joan (or was she?) before discovering that there was… Continue reading New Article: Love on the Dole and a Case of Theatrical Fraud: Feltham Police Court and the Old Bailey, November 1935 – February 1936.
Walter Greenwood: Not Just Love on the Dole 