The play is set in 1912. At the time England had a very rigid social class structure. Broadly speaking this meant a group of upper class people who were very rich and tended to own lots of land and very large houses. The middle classes were generally those with professions such as the law or those who had made money through business. Working class people were much poorer and tended to work in places like factories …showed first 75 words of 312 total…

…showed last 75 words of 312 total…motor car was appearing more frequently on the roads. In some ways the building of the Titanic could be seen as representing the confidence, or arrogance, of the Edwardian age. As you probably know the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912. For many people the sinking of the Titanic is seen as the beginning of the end for the way of life that existed in England at the time the play is set.