
Links to All Volumes
By John Galsworthy
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III - SCENE I
ACT IV
Links to All Volumes
A bustling London law office opens the play, its mahogany desks and glass partitions framing a world of meticulous paperwork and quiet ambition. When Ruth Honeywill, a determined young woman, arrives with a personal request for a junior clerk, the routine of the firm is unsettled, hinting at deeper questions about duty and discretion.
The solicitors James and Walter How, their seasoned clerk Cokeson, and the observant office‑boy Sweedle navigate the tension between professional protocol and human compassion. Their interactions ripple outward to the courtroom and later to a stark prison setting, where judges, advocates, and inmates confront the same tangled notions of right and wrong.
Through crisp dialogue and vivid stagecraft, the drama explores how the law intersects with ordinary lives, inviting listeners to consider whether justice is ever truly impartial or always filtered through personal circumstance.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (127K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by David Widger
Release date
2004-09-26
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1867–1933
Best known for The Forsyte Saga, this English novelist and playwright wrote with sharp sympathy about money, class, and the quiet pressures of family life. His storytelling earned him the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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