Captain Youth: A Romantic Comedy for All Socialist Children

TitleCaptain Youth: A Romantic Comedy for All Socialist Children
Year for Search1922
AuthorsFox, Ralph(1900-1936)
Volume / EditionNo. 19 of Plays for the People’s Theatre
Pagination62 pp.
Date Published1922
PublisherC. W. Daniel
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

A play in three short acts describing the horrors of the capitalists system from the point-of-view of two children who are desperate to escape the system, their escape with the help of Captain Youth, and their return to lead a successful revolution, with the ending suggesting the eutopia to come.

Info Notes

No. 19 of Plays for the People’s Theatre

Holding Institutions

CU

Author Note

The author (1900-1936) was a Communist who was killed in Spain fighting against the Nationalists.

Full Text

1922 Fox, Ralph [Winston] (1900-1936). Captain Youth: A Romantic Comedy for All Socialist Children. London: C. W. Daniel. No. 19 of Plays for the People’s Theatre. 62 pp. CU

A play in three short acts describing the horrors of the capitalists system from the point-of-view of two children who are desperate to escape the system, their escape with the help of Captain Youth, and their return to lead a successful revolution, with the ending suggesting the eutopia to come. The author was a Communist who was killed in Spain fighting against the Nationalists.