In this collection of plays, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson explores the struggles and triumphs of working-class life in early twentieth-century Britain. Through characters ranging from miners and factory workers to poets and artists, Gibson offers a compassionate and often thrilling vision of the human spirit in its fight against adversity.

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