Strife (play)

He wrote it in a few months in 1907, and sent the manuscript to friends for comment, including Edward Garnett and Joseph Conrad.

[2] The action takes place on 7 February at the Trenartha Tin Plate Works, on the borders of England and Wales.

After the meeting, Enid Underwood, daughter of John Anthony and wife of the manager, talks to her father: she is aware of the suffering of the families.

Edgar says he would rather resign than go on starving women; the other directors react badly to an opinion put so frankly.

John Anthony makes a long speech: insisting they should not give in to the men, he says "There is only one way of treating 'men' — with the iron hand.

This half-and-half business... has brought all this upon us.... Yield one demand, and they will make it six...." He puts to the board the motion that the dispute should be placed in the hands of Harness.

It featured John Phillips as John Anthony, Fulton Mackay as David Roberts, Avril Elgar as Annie Roberts, Rachel Herbert as Enid Underwood, Richard Thorp as Edgar Anthony and Derek Smith as Simon Harness.

It featured Clifford Evans as John Anthony, Colin Blakely as David Roberts, Nerys Hughes as Annie Roberts, Angela Down as Enid Underwood, Jeremy Clyde as Edgar Anthony and John Bennett as Simon Harness.

It featured Peter Vaughan as John Anthony, Timothy West as David Roberts, Anna Calder-Marshall as Annie Roberts, Kate Buffery as Enid Underwood, Shaun Scott as Edgar Anthony and Andrew Burt as Simon Harness.

It was directed by Bertie Carvel, and featured William Gaunt as John Anthony and Ian Hughes as David Roberts.