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After the armistice he returned to Birmingham and tried to find work as a cartoonist.
He sold two cartoons to the Bystander in 1919 but was unable to secure a permanent position.
Later in 1919 Whale embarked on a professional stage career.
Under the tutelage of actor-manager Nigel Playfair, Whale worked as an actor, set designer and builder, " stage director " ( akin to a stage manager ) and director.
In 1922, while with Playfair, Whale met Doris Zinkeisen.
The two were considered a couple for some two years, despite Whale's living as an openly gay man.
The couple was reportedly engaged in 1924 but by 1925 the engagement was off.
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