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Title: The Skin Game (Fourth Series Plays)

Author: John Galsworthy

Release Date: September 26, 2004 [EBook #2917]
Last Updated: October 28, 2012

Language: English

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*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SKIN GAME (FOURTH SERIES ***

Produced by David Widger

GALSWORTHY'S PLAYS

Links to All Volumes

THE FIRST SERIES:

The Silver Box

Joy

Strife

THE SECOND SERIES:

The Eldest Son

Little Dream

Justice

THE THIRD SERIES:

The Fugitive

The Pigeon

The Mob

THE FOURTH SERIES:

A Bit O'Love

The Foundations

The Skin Game

THE FIFTH SERIES:

A Family Man

Loyalties

Windows

THE SIXTH SERIES:

The First and Last

The Little Man

Four Short Plays

PLAYS IN THE FOURTH SERIES

THE SKIN GAME

(A Tragi-Comedy)

By John Galsworthy

"Who touches pitch shall be defiled"

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

CHARACTERS

HILLCRIST...............A Country Gentleman
AMY.....................His Wife
JILL....................His Daughter
DAWKER..................His Agent
HORNBLOWER..............A Man Newly-Rich
CHARLES.................His Elder Son
CHLOE...................Wife to Charles
ROLF....................His Younger Son
FELLOWS.................Hillcrist's Butler
ANNA....................Chloe's Maid
THE JACKMANS............Man and Wife

AN AUCTIONEER
A SOLICITOR
TWO STRANGERS

ACT I.  HILLCRIST'S Study