Justice
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Justice is a 1910 stage play by John Galsworthy that critiques the English legal and prison systems through the tragic story of a young clerk driven to crime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Justice canonical | 4 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| author | John Galsworthy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1910 ⓘ |
| firstProducedAt | Duke of York's Theatre, London ⓘ |
| firstProducedBy | Granville Barker ⓘ |
| firstProducedInCity |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| form | four-act play ⓘ |
| genre |
problem play
ⓘ
social drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | young law clerk ⓘ |
| influenced | penal reform debates in Britain ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
English legal system
ⓘ
English prison system ⓘ miscarriage of justice ⓘ |
| movement | early 20th-century realist theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | young clerk driven to crime ⓘ |
| notableFor |
criticism of solitary confinement
ⓘ
realistic depiction of prison life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | John Galsworthy's social problem plays ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1910 ⓘ |
| setting | England ⓘ |
| theme |
class and power in the legal system
ⓘ
critique of legal institutions ⓘ critique of prison conditions ⓘ dehumanizing effects of imprisonment ⓘ individual versus the state ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| writer | John Galsworthy ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.