Word: mod
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Galsworthy depots disagreeable in his plays. He can't let a man leave the theatre in a happy mood. In this respect his tragedies overdo the spirit of repression. Thus, in "The Mod", he develops the disagreeableness of democracy which has overstepped bounds. The foundation of the plot is laid about an incident of Lloyd George's war career. At a political meeting in one of Great Britain's industrial cities, Lloyd George and his policies were resented by an infuriated mob of workmen, and the expresser was forced to leave the building by a rear door in the disguise...