page_title: Dirty Work (play)
hierarchical_section_title: Dirty Work (play)
caption_attribution_description: Aldwych Theatre, 49 Aldwych, London WC2B 4DF Photo taken by User:Edward on 19 March 2006 with a Casio EX-S600.
context_page_description: Dirty Work is a farce by Ben Travers. It was one of the series of twelve Aldwych farces that ran in uninterrupted succession at the Aldwych Theatre in London from 1923 to 1933. The play depicts the maladroit but ultimately successful efforts of a shop-walker to outwit a gang of jewel thieves.
  The piece opened on 7 March 1932 and ran for 193 performances until 26 August. A film adaptation of the play was made in 1934.
context_section_description: Dirty Work is a farce by Ben Travers.  It was one of the series of twelve Aldwych farces that ran in uninterrupted succession at the Aldwych Theatre in London from 1923 to 1933.  The play depicts the maladroit but ultimately successful efforts of a shop-walker to outwit a gang of jewel thieves.
  The piece opened on 7 March 1932 and ran for 193 performances until 26 August.  A film adaptation of the play was made in 1934.
caption: Aldwych Theatre in 2006
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