Project Gutenberg 2014-07-05 Public domain in the USA. 47 Stopes, Marie Carmichael 1880 1958 Stopes, Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, M. C. Conquest; Or, A Piece of Jade; a New Play in Three Acts E-text prepared by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Conquest; Or, A Piece of Jade; A New Play in Three Acts" by Marie Carmichael Stopes is a dramatic play written in the early 20th century. Set primarily in New Zealand during World War I, the narrative revolves around the lives of sheep farmers, touching on themes of love, ambition, and the harsh realities of war. The main characters include Gordon Hyde, a New Zealand sheep farmer who is emotionally conflicted due to his inability to fight in the war, and Loveday Lewisham, who helps him channel his ideas for a more peaceful future. The opening of the play introduces the setting and characters, establishing a sheep farm in New Zealand, where the laborers discuss the impending arrival of Nora Lee, a young English woman, and her cousin Loveday. Gordon Hyde, who feels unworthy and lacks the physical ability to fight due to a leg injury, grapples with feelings of inadequacy amidst the excitement of the war and the arrival of the women. Conversations among the shepherds reveal both humorous and serious undertones about life in New Zealand and the war's impact. Their interactions hint at budding romances and personal struggles, culminating in a sense of longing and aspiration for a better world as Gordon is inspired by a vision to propose a revolutionary concept in governance aimed to wipe out the reasons for war. The play sets a poignant stage for emotional and ideological conflict as the characters navigate their relationships against the backdrop of an impending world crisis. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46198/46198-h/images/cover.jpg en London (England) -- Drama New Zealand -- Drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film 276687 276478 2024-09-19T10:12:49.319525 2023-09-20T06:29:15.047743 text/html text/html 278383 2014-07-05T14:51:09 text/html 120817 2014-07-05T14:53:59 text/html application/zip 137824 2024-09-19T10:12:56.027976 application/epub+zip 141193 2024-09-19T10:12:50.342488 application/epub+zip 141194 2024-09-19T10:12:49.795496 application/epub+zip 245175 2024-09-19T10:12:59.341976 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197293 2024-09-19T10:12:55.475985 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197553 2022-09-21T04:41:24.545960 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 156934 2024-09-19T10:12:47.689529 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 158171 2020-06-15T20:02:41 text/plain; charset=utf-8 60303 2020-06-15T20:02:41 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 156405 2014-07-05T14:42:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 60036 2014-07-05T14:42:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 156415 2014-07-05T14:44:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 60036 2014-07-05T14:44:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21728 2024-09-19T10:12:59.479940 application/rdf+xml 12711 2024-09-19T10:12:49.921508 image/jpeg 2367 2024-09-19T10:12:49.857503 image/jpeg 121544 2024-09-19T10:12:49.339498 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia