John Galsworthy
His Life and Work
ERIC GILLETT
In this evening's introductory talk Eric Gillett will discuss the life and work of John Galsworthy , the dramatist, whose sense of pity extended to all misfits and failures, and of whom it has been said that he blamed the system invariably rather than the man. In the subsequent eleven talks Eric Gillett will discuss Galsworthy's philosophy of life as seen through his plays.
In dignity and sincerity and human sympathy he was without a rival as a dramatist, and he had few superiors as a craftsman of plays. Every play from his pen dealt with some social problem. They are all worth reading, and they are all worth seeing, and they are all worth hearing about. Members of discussion groups will find it worth while to make a start with The Silver Box, which is to be the basis of Eric Gillett 's talk next Monday.