Project Gutenberg 2017-08-07 Public domain in the USA. 95 Brighouse, Harold 1882 1958 Graft: A Comedy in Four Acts Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive "Graft: A Comedy in Four Acts" by Harold Brighouse is a play written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Jim Pilling, a gardener, his wife Sally, and their son Dick, who live in a cramped one-room apartment in the town of Carrington. The play delves into issues of class disparity, the struggles of working-class families, and the contrasting perspectives of the town's elite represented by characters such as Stephen Verity, a self-made man with political ambitions. The opening of the play introduces the Pilling family during a modest September evening at home. Jim and Sally discuss their longing for the countryside, highlighting their dissatisfaction with their current living conditions. As they navigate daily life, they express concerns about their son, Dick, and the challenges of raising a child in overcrowded urban streets. The scene shifts as various characters including a sympathetic curate and a domineering alderman enter, revealing the underlying tensions regarding a proposed recreation ground that could lead to the destruction of the affluent Polygon neighborhood. This rich interplay between characters sets the stage for a broader commentary on social class and community dynamics within the framework of a comedic narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 88.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en English drama -- 20th century PR Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: British Literature 185963 2025-07-22T06:48:42.939204 text/html 175915 2024-10-23T02:29:03 text/html 826598 2025-07-22T06:48:47.973170 application/epub+zip 825368 2025-07-22T06:48:43.872206 application/epub+zip 118043 2025-07-22T06:48:43.363178 application/epub+zip 907757 2025-07-22T06:48:50.776205 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 875049 2025-07-22T06:48:47.344217 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175945 2022-08-25T04:04:17.293676 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 139648 2025-07-22T06:48:41.994218 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119886 2024-10-23T02:29:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16096 2025-07-22T06:48:50.916145 application/rdf+xml 15988 2025-07-22T06:48:43.492183 image/jpeg 2324 2025-07-22T06:48:43.428202 image/jpeg 767366 2025-07-22T06:48:42.976182 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia