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 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
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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...