In Time o' Strife
In Time o' Strife
Author: Joe Corrie
First Performance: 1928, Scottish tour
Published: 1928
Genre: Drama in 3 acts; Scots dialect
Setting: Kitchen of the Smiths' home, Carhill, Scotland, 1926
Cast: 5m, 5f
Jock Smith is a miner on strike with the rest of his men, while his wife, two daughters, and a son manage as best they can, living in primitive conditions without enough to eat. When the Parish Council offers no more support, the strikers consider accepting defeat, but cousin Kate urges them to fight on. When Jock's wife Jean returns home, exhausted from her attempts to get food on credit, Jock resolves to go back to work rather than let his family starve, until the thought of being labelled a ‘blackleg’ stops him. Jean pawns her wedding ring to provide food. Wull Baxter, who is engaged to...
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