Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, written immediately after Sons and Lovers, is one of D. H. Lawrence''s most significant early works. The play, Lawrence''s first, is the alter ego of the story "Odour of Chrysanthemums" and, like the short story, deals with a catastrophe in the lives of a coal mining family. Drawing upon the intensity of events that unfold in the miner''s kitchen, the play explores a ...