D H Lawrence

The Merry-Go-Round D H Lawrence

The Merry-Go-Round is the second play of young D. H. Lawrence, notable for its linguistic vitality and funny dialog. Mrs. Hemstock, a working class woman, is dying, yet she has strength to be utterly destructive to her whole family, especially to her thirty-year-old son Harry, who is "nowt but a baby" and "scared to a death of a wench." D. H. Lawrence, in full David Herbert Lawrence (1885.-1930.) is one of the most influential English writer of the 20th century. His diverse output included novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism and personal letters. In his work he confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, human sexuality and instinct.