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This play appears in the lit exam along with: * 'Of mice and men' * Unseen poem The lit exam is 2 and a half hours long and is worth 70%, the other 30% is coursework. Social and Historical background * Was written in 1945 * Set in 1912 --> year of titanic * Two years later ww1 started, 1914 * Relied heavily on industry for employment i.e. cotton, steel, wool etc. * The bosses had the power to run their factory on how they wanted. * They can pay what they want, but the people working for them couldn't say anything because they need the jobs/money. * Some factory owners don't care about their workers, but some did and built villages so they could have a home near the factory. * The labour party was just starting to make an impact in 1912; it still hadn't started for workers though. * They didn't have a union; you couldn't have...

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