Set in pre-World War I England, the story centers on the conflict between a coarse, blustering coal miner and his refined, working-class wife.

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The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd: A Drama in Three Acts by D. H. Lawrence: This gripping drama by D. H. Lawrence delves into the complex relationships and emotional turmoil within a working-class family. Set in a coal-mining community in England, it explores themes of love, desire, and the harsh realities of life in a mining town during the early 20th century. Key Aspects of the Book "The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd: A Drama in Three Acts": Family Dynamics: Lawrence examines the dynamics of the Holroyd family, portraying the tensions and conflicts that arise among its members. Social Realism: The play offers a realistic depiction of the working-class life and the challenges faced by those in a mining community. Human Emotions: It delves deep into human emotions, including love, passion, and resentment, providing a rich exploration of the characters' inner lives. D. H. Lawrence was a British novelist, poet, and playwright, born in 1885. He is best known for his works exploring the complexities of human relationships and sexuality. Lawrence's writing often challenged societal norms and delved into the depths of human psychology. "The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd" is one of his notable dramatic works, showcasing his talent for portraying the human condition with depth and insight.

The small locomotive engine, Number 4, came clanking, stumbling down from Selston-with seven full waggons. It appeared round the corner with loud threats of speed, but the colt that it startled from among the gorse, which still flickered indistinctly in the raw afternoon, outdistanced it at a canter. A woman, walking up the railway line to Underwood, drew back into the hedge, held her basket aside, and watched the footplate of the engine advancing. The trucks thumped heavily past, one by one, with slow inevitable movement, as she stood insignificantly trapped between the jolting black waggons and the hedge; then they curved away towards the coppice where the withered oak leaves dropped noiselessly, while the birds, pulling at the scarlet hips beside the track, made off into the dusk that had already crept into the spinney. In the open, the smoke from the engine sank and cleaved to the rough grass. The fields were dreary and forsaken, and in the marshy strip that led to the whimsey, a reedy pit-pond, the fowls had already abandoned their run among the alders, to roost in the tarred fowl-house.

It's risky work, handlin' men, my lass. For when a woman builds her life on men, either husbands or sons, she builds on summat as sooner or later brings the house down crash on her head - yi, she does. In Husbands and Sons, Ben Power has interwoven three of D. H. Lawrence's greatest dramas, The Daughter-in-Law, A Collier's Friday Night and The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd. Together, they describe the community Lawrence came from with fierce tenderness, evoking a now-vanished world of manual labour and working-class pride. On the cracked border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire stands the village of Eastwood. The women of the village, wives and mothers, struggle to hold their families and their own souls together in the shadow of the great Brinsley pit. Husband and Sons by D. H. Lawrence, adapted by Ben Power, premiered at the National Theatre, London, in October 2015 in a co-production with Royal Exchange Theatre.

"The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd" is one of D. H. Lawrence's most significant early works, first published in 1914.