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1) Justice
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Justice is a 1910 play by the British writer John Galsworthy. It was part of a campaign to improve conditions in British prisons. Winston Churchill attended an early performance of the play at the Duke of York's Theatre in London. The play opens in the offices of James How & Sons, solicitors. A young woman appears at the door, with children in tow, asking to see the junior clerk, William Falder, on a personal matter. She is Ruth Honeywill, Falder's...
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This 1922 drama, set in the post-World War I era, concerns a wealthy young Jewish man who is robbed by a war hero fallen on hard times. A searing yet fair indictment of anti-Semitism, the play dissects religion, class, and ethics in exposing the ugly roots of British racism.
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This 1912 drama, subtitled "A Fantasy," is a sharp satire on the hypocrisies of those who set themselves up to help the less fortunate but who are really pursuing selfish agendas. Here Christopher Wellwyn, an artist of limited means, generously shares all that he has with anyone in need of it, alienating his practical daughter, Ann.
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This 1914 drama follows a moral politician, Stephen More, as he watches his powerful country plan an attack on a small country. What's worse, his government is using trumped up charges in order to overtake and add the small country to their empire. More feels powerless as pressures from his family and parliament keep him quiet.
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This 1920 play by Galsworthy-made into a 1931 film by Alfred Hitchcock-features a collision between two families: the "old-money" Hillcrists and the nouveau-riche Hornblowers. As the patriarchs of the two families squabble over a piece of land, an innocent young woman will pay the price.
6) The Fugitive
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Project Gutenberg
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This 1913 play is a study of that peculiar English malady: good form. Clare Dedmond, the unhappy wife of George Dedmond, longs for a life of freedom and art. A friendship with the novelist Malise seems to offer her the chance to escape the deadening Dedmond household . . . but at a great cost.
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Subtitled "A Comedy in Three Acts for Idealists and Others," this 1922 drama, set in the post-World War I era, was the third in Galsworthy's Fifth Series of plays. Taking place in the home of Geoffrey March, the action occurs on a Thursday, when the window cleaner discusses his daughter's misfortune with the family and the play continues the following fortnight when the cleaner returns.
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This 1912 play focuses on one of Galsworthy's perennial subjects: the injustice inherent in an economic and political system that privileges the rich over the poor-in this case, in the realm of marriage. Through a plot involving two forced marriages, Galsworthy exposes middle- and upper-class hypocrisy.
10) A Family Man
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A Family Man in Three Acts was written in 1922. The story centers on John Builder, who has a wife Julia, two daughters, and owns a firm with his brother. The play takes place over the course of only two days. Like the plays of George Bernard Shaw, Galsworthy's plays address the class system and social issues.
11) Joy
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This 1909 "Play on the Letter 'I'"-as the subtitle puts it-is about a young woman, the Joy of the title. After the separation of her parents, she discovers that her mother inhabits a wider and wilder world than she had suspected, and Joy must come to terms with it one way or another.
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