Her Spreading the News, Hyacinth Halvey, The Rising of the Moon, The workhouse Ward, and The Travelling Man are well-known contributions to contemporary drama.
"Contemporary One-Act Plays Compiler: B. Roland Lewis"
Sir James M. Barrie George Middleton Althea Thurston Percy Mackaye Lady Augusta Gregor Eugene Pillot Anton Tchekov Bosworth Crocker Alfred Kreymborg Paul Greene Arthur Hopkins Paul Hervieu Jeannette Marks Oscar M. Wolff David Pinski Beulah Bornstead Herma
State provision of work-even in producing commodities which are imported from abroad, and which might therefore be produced in State workshops without hurting home producers-has many drawbacks, but the problem is one that ought to be faced, and something more must be provided for the case than workhouse and prison.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
It is also practically the right which prevailed in England between 1782, when Gilbert's Act abolished the old workhouse test, and 1835, when the new Poor Law restored it.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae