A SPORT OF FATE
SAY/ OWN STORY ENACTED. CRIMINAL ENVIES PLAYWRIGHT, LONDON, February 7. After receiving £5 from a playwright for the narrative of bis 14 years’ life of crime, William Hurley, an elderly tailor, on bis release, after serving another term, "homeless, penniless, and alone,” read in a newspaper that the playwright had received £14,000 for the film rights of his successful play, based on Hurley’s manuscript. "Imagine my feelings,” Hurley saiO to a magistrate, after admitting a theft. "I have suffered more than anyone in the world as the sport of fortune. I sat in the stalls watching my play with sixpence and thrccfarthings in my pocket. All the manager offered mo was a .whisky and soda and a stage job as a convict. Magistrate: Your record is terrible. Eighteen months.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6539, 22 February 1928, Page 10
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