In the Workhouse - Christmas Day

In the Workhouse - Christmas Day

"In the Workhouse - Christmas Day", better known by its first line It is Christmas Day in the workhouse is a dramatic monologue published by George Robert Sims in 1879. It is a criticism of the harsh conditions in workhouses under the 19th-century Poor Law.

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* [http://monologues.co.uk/Prepare_to_Shed/In_the_Workhouse.htm Text of the monologue]


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