Gould's Price of Coal: A Drama of the Gouldium

When Jay Gould became the chief shareholder of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1874, he found that U.P. was paying overmuch for coal from mines it owned. This drama presents his actions to reduce the price and how he coped with adversaries. GOULD'S PRICE OF COAL is part of the Gouldium, a series of plays on the life and times of Jay Gould. As in most of these plays, there are seven scenes of dialogue and seven choral episodes of reporters. "Certainly the oddest if most distinctive book of verse I've seen since Hector was a pup. The depth of your hatred for Keynesian economics, that could sustain you through 1564 tightly wrought couplets, is dumbfounding." - X. J. Kennedy on Shakespeare Versus Keynes.