Strife

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Strife is a 1909 stage play by John Galsworthy that portrays a bitter industrial conflict between capital and labor, highlighting the human cost of class struggle.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama
stage play
author John Galsworthy
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception praised for its balanced portrayal of both sides in industrial conflict
depicts conflict between capital and labor
firstPerformanceCity London
firstPerformanceYear 1909
firstPerformedAt Duke of York's Theatre
firstPublisher Duckworth and Co.
focusesOn negotiations between company directors and workers
personal sacrifices of workers and their families
genre problem play
social drama
hasSubject class divisions in industrial society
collective bargaining
employers' associations
trade unions
influenced later British social drama
literaryMovement Edwardian drama
mainTheme class struggle
human cost of industrial disputes
industrial conflict
labor relations
notableCharacter David Roberts
Enid Underwood
John Anthony
Simon Harness
originalLanguage English
partOf John Galsworthy's social problem plays
publicationYear 1909
setting fictional English industrial town
settingPeriod early 20th century
structure three-act play
subjectMatter strike at a tin-plate works
tone realist
writer John Galsworthy

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
John Galsworthy
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