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