John Oswald Francis, Change: A Glamorgan Play in Four Acts

Alyce von Rothkirch (Swansea University)

Ed. by Kirsti Bohata, Swansea University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.2: Welsh Writing and Culture, 400-present.
Vol. editors: Kirsti Bohata (Swansea University), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele), Rita Singer (Aberystwyth University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1913

Places

Wales (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Play

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Change

is a modern realistic tragedy in which the central social upheavals of Edwardian Wales, namely the loss of influence of non-conformist religion, the increasingly bitter class conflict in the industrialised areas of Wales, and the growth of socialism in this nation which had been dominated by the Liberal Party for most of the 19th century, are represented as a conflict between father and sons in a South Wales family. Although social issues are discussed within the family circle, the struggle is not personalised as in, for example, John Galsworthy’s

Strife

, where the conflict between works owner and Trade Union leader is essentially about the struggle between two fanatical men. In

Change

, the Price family are caught up in the ‘change’ that grips the nation as a whole and it is…

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Citation: von Rothkirch, Alyce. "Change: A Glamorgan Play in Four Acts". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 May 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=32857, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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