JG
's Escape, a play centred on a prisoner who escapes from Dartmoor
, opened at the Ambassadors Theatre
in London, where it ran for 243 performances.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Textual Features
Margaret Forster
Miss Owen-Owen (whose name suggests a pompous pride of family) is an educational conservative on the principle of selective education but an innovator on the curriculum, the exam system, and particularly the introduction of sex...
Textual Production
John Galsworthy
The play formed part of Galsworthy's campaign against the practice of solitary confinement, which he began after a visit to Dartmoor Prison
.
