... that name being applied to their calling and have become refuse collectors, and poor law institu tions, infirmaries, and workhouses are names that have disappeared from the present-day vocabulary. But their existence and functions remain the same. Concert ...

... power to move as well as to entertain. Among the most popular are the never-to-be-forgot- ten Spreading the News and The Workhouse Ward. The dialogue in her later longer comedies was less simple, and such plays as The Image. written in 1910. and w Darner's ...

... Galway from this Sunday to June 29. Paul Caister is directing Poor School students in Habeas Corpus, by Alan Bennett, at the Workhouse, Pentonville Road, Nl until July 6. The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde. Repertory, Birmingham, June 24 to July ...

... ignore it com pletely and provide Oliver with the background and family history denied him by Dickens. The orphan in the workhouse is put into a historical, social and dramatic context. His parents become star-crossed lovers, separated by social convention ...

... screen version of Howard Clewes's war-time experiences in Tunisia, now in production. With the idea of saving him frqjn the workhouse I sent John's letter on to Bill and advised him to contact John. My tip was too late. Before receiving my reply and John's ...

... They will tell you that they often ponder over the fact that many of the old print producers ended their days in the workhouse and they sometimes wonder what the modern equivalent is and whether they will end up there even though the Penny Plain now ...

... 'RAISING KANE' AMONG LONDON'S W.M. CLUBS By Tommy Kane IT REALLY is high time the C. & I.U. acted over the outdated workhouse phrase working men's clubs, in issuing an instruction that all remodernised or newly built clubs be re-entitled social dubs ...

... to April 18. Management: Kensington Drama Company. Director: Giles Borton. THE PHILANTHROPIST by Christopher Hampton. The Workhouse, Pentonville Road, N1 to April 25. Management: The Poor School. Director: James Tillitt. ...

... 45pm) Production company: White Rabbit Productions. WIZADORA pre-school children's series (3.40 3.50pm) Production company: Workhouse/North Pole. Cast includes: Wendy van der Plank, Joe Greco. STANDING ROOM ONLY BBC2 football magazine (6.55 7.30pm) Presenter: ...

... Frostrup. Producer: Philip Clarke. WIZADORA Meridian children's series for ITV network 1 2. 1 0 pm) Production company: Workhouse/North Pole. Cast includes: Wendy Van Der Plank. AMBULANCE Meridian seven- pan documentary series, regional only (7.30 pm) ...

... Southborough, Kent to June 10. Management: West Kent College, Tonbridge Press: Michelle Thomas, 0892 823201. SPREAD IT AROUND. Workhouse Theatre. Pentonville Road, N1 to June 19. Management: The Poor School. Director: George Hall. Designer: Clare Jeffrey. Press: ...

... y Along My Line he said: 'There are lots of people who call you Master Gilbert and wait on you. When you get out of the workhouse you find that you are not a princeling at all. Indeed you learn that other- children regard you as little better than a pauper ...