The Daughter-in-Law

Daughter-in-Law, The

    Alternative Title: My Son's Son

    Author: D. H. Lawrence

    Date Written: 1911–12

    First Performance: 1936, London

    Published: 1965

    Genre: Drama in 4 acts; Nottinghamshire dialect

    Setting: Mrs Gascoigne's kitchen and Luther's new home, mining village near Eastwood, Nottingham, early 20th c.

    Cast: 3m, 3f

Joe Gascoigne admits to his mother that he broke his arm while fooling around at work and so will receive no accident pay. They are visited by Mrs Purdy, who demands money, since Mrs Gascoigne's other son Luther has made her daughter Bertha pregnant. This is particularly unwelcome news, since the colliers are about to strike, and moreover Luther has only recently married another girl, Minnie. That evening Joe and Mrs Purdy call on Luther. She...

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