Walter Greenwood's 'Love on the dole' : novel, play, film
Hopkins, Chris, 1960-2018
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'Love on the Dole', the iconic novel about 1930s British working-class life, has a significant place in British cultural history. The 1935 stage adaptation was said to have been seen by three million people by 1940. Greenwood proposed a film adaption in 1936, but the story was pronounced too 'sordid and depressing' by the British Board of Film Censors. However, in 1940 the Ministry of Information decided it should be filmed as a contribution to the 'people's war'. It was widely regarded as one of the best British wartime productions - and all three versions of it were frequently referenced during wartime debate about how a reconstructed post-war society should make a repetition of the 1930s impossible. This study explores what made this important text so influential, analyses the differences between the novel, play and film versions and places the public response in its full historical context.
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Main title:
Walter Greenwood's 'Love on the dole' : novel, play, film / Chris Hopkins.
Author:
Hopkins, Chris, 1960-, author
Imprint:
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2018.
Collation:
336 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781786941794 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
BRN:
2692739