Baker, Elizabeth 1876-1962 creator text utu 2014 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Chains: A Play, in Four Acts" by Elizabeth Baker is a play first performed in 1909. Set in Edwardian England, it follows Charley Wilson, a London clerk trapped in suburban monotony, and his wife Lily as they struggle to make ends meet. When their lodger decides to abandon everything and emigrate to Australia, Charley dreams of escape too. But everyone around him—wife, family, friends—ridicules such ambition. As financial pressures mount and his wages are cut, Charley must choose between pursuing freedom or accepting the suffocating chains of respectability and duty. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chains_(play) Release date is 2014-07-10 Produced by Paul Haxo from page images generously made available by the Internet Archive and the University of Toronto Libraries. Original publication data not identified English drama -- 20th century England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama Middle class -- England -- Drama PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46240 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46240 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134048.0 46240