One character in this play insults his rival by calling him "pachydermatous," and ends the play by regretfully asking himself "What's gentility worth if it can't stand fire?" At an auction in this play, one character blows his nose as a signal for his agent to stop bidding, and that auction is won by a bid from Smalley. The protagonist of this play says "Who touches pitch shall be defiled" because he doesn't want to use his knowledge of Chloe's sordid past to blackmail her father-in-law. One character in this play reneges on a promise by ejecting the Jackmans from their cottage, and buys a plot of land called the Centry so he can build chimneys on it, escalating a rivalry which forces a rift in Jill and Rolf's friendship. For 10 points, name this play about a quarrel between the Hillcrists and the Hornblowers by John Galsworthy.
One character in this play insults his rival by calling him "pachydermatous," and ends the play by regretfully asking himself "What's gentility worth if it can't stand fire?" At an auction in this play, one character blows his nose as a signal for his agent to stop bidding, and that auction is won by a bid from Smalley. The protagonist of this play says "Who touches pitch shall be defiled" because he doesn't want to use his knowledge of Chloe's sordid past to blackmail her father-in-law. One character in this play reneges on a promise by ejecting the Jackmans from their cottage, and buys a plot of land called the Centry so he can build chimneys on it, escalating a rivalry which forces a rift in Jill and Rolf's friendship. For 10 points, name this play about a quarrel between the Hillcrists and the Hornblowers by John Galsworthy.
One character in this play insults his rival by calling him "pachydermatous," and ends the play by regretfully asking himself "What's gentility worth if it can't stand fire?
The Skin Game