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.
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
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surface form:
London
|
| form | four-act play → |
| genre |
problem play
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social drama → |
| hasCharacter | young law clerk → |
| influenced | penal reform debates in Britain → |
| mainSubject |
English legal system
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English prison system → miscarriage of justice → |
| movement | early 20th-century realist theatre → |
| narrativeFocus | young clerk driven to crime → |
| notableFor |
criticism of solitary confinement
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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
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critique of legal institutions → critique of prison conditions → dehumanizing effects of imprisonment → individual versus the state → social injustice → |
| writer | John Galsworthy → |
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