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Strife

John Galsworthy

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ROBERTS.[Bitingly.] Go on, Henry Thomas, go on. You 're better able to speak to the—Directors than me. [THOMAS is silent.]

TENCH. The Chairman means, Roberts, that it was the men who asked for the conference, the Board wish to hear what they have to say.

ROBERTS. Gad! If I was to begin to tell ye all they have to say, I wouldn't be finished to-day. And there'd be some that'd wish they'd never left their London palaces.

HARNESS. What's your proposition, man? Be reasonable.

ROBERTS. You want reason Mr. Harness? Take a look round this afternoon before the meeting. [He looks at the men; no sound escapes them.] You'll see some very pretty scenery.

HARNESS. All right my friend; you won't put me off.

ROBERTS. [To the men.] We shan't put Mr. Harness off. Have some champagne with your lunch, Mr. Harness; you'll want it, sir.

HARNESS. Come, get to. . . Read More

Community Reviews

A fascinating glimpse of Canadian history, Strife: A Drama in Three Acts is loosely based on the Vancouver Coal Mine & Land Co. The playwright's father was a director of this coal company in Nanaimo, B.C. (Vancouver Island), and his grandfather was a shareholder before him. The British company bough

Strife by John Galsworthy- English Drama- Galsworthy wrote this play in year 1909 at a time when the rights of laborers were only beginning to be asserted. STRIFE presents a picture of both sides of the strike question, for Galsworthy was always an impartial realist. Aside from its social implicatio

The struggle is real.

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Strife is one the best plays of John Galsworthy and generally his work is generally satirical. It depicts a 'strife' between capital and labour, in a company that is organized like in modern times with a Board of Directors who make decisions. This was written at a time when labour rights were being

Made me realize people are just people, whatever ideologies they might choose to follow

While awaiting the release of the next book in the Mortal Instruments series, i.e., #4 City of Fallen Angles on April 5, thought i should look for something light and there were loads of books in my (late) great aunt's bookshelf and viola....i found Strife, A Drama in three Acts by John Galsworthy.

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