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Behind the Scenes

Peg O My Heart
Director

Mire Hynes

Stage Manager

Sally Browne

Crew

Suzanne Harvey
Harry Conway

Props

Sally Browne
Suzanne Harvey

Set Design

Mire Hynes

Set Construction

Mire Hynes
Gerry Price

Lighting

Robert Butler

Sound

Hazel Maloney

Costume Design

Mire Hynes

Sligo Drama Circle

presents

Peg O
My Heart
by
J. Hartley Manners

Costume Dressers Deborah Davitt

Mary Mc Loughlin
Dog Handler

Jean Mc Connell

Poster

Mire Hynes

Publicity

Fintan Whelan
Damien Quinn

Programme

Damien Quinn

EJ Menswear

Staff of Hawks Well

Theatre

Kevinsfort House Ann-Marie Byrne

Henry Lyons &
Co.

Everyman Productions

Sherry Fitzgerald Draper

ligo Drama Circle will be back on

the Hawks Well Theatre stage in
November 2013 with a new production of Moll by John B. Keane. We hope
that you will continue to support your local
amateur theatre group, producing great drama for Sligo audiences since 1956.
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Best wishes to the Star Factory with
Grease and Sligo Fun Co. with Jesus
Christ Superstar, both on stage in August.

Hawks Well Theatre,

Sligo
July 23rd-27th, 2013

Peg O My Heart

Peg O My Heart

Directed by

presented by

Mire Hynes

Sligo Drama Circle

15 minute intermission

Act Two
The Rebellion of Peg
Act Three
Peg O My Heart
The entire action of the play takes place
in the living room of Regal Villa, Mrs.
Chichesters house in Scarborough, England, in early summer. One month elapses between Acts I and II. A single night
passes between Acts II and III

The Plot

The Setting

Act One
The Coming of Peg

Jarvis

Ultan Burke

Bennett

Sarah Burns

Mrs. Chichester

Angela Maguire

Ethel

Orla Mc Sharry

Alaric

Darragh Macken

Christian Brent

Damien Quinn

Peg

Catherine Bell

Mr. Hawkes

Michael Goodman

Jerry

Barry Deignan

Michael (Pegs dog) Pippin

Pet (Ethels dog)

Hershey

P
The Play

The Cast

in order of appearance

set in 1912, the story unfolds in

the English country estate of
the snobbish Chichester family
who have just learned that they have
been pauperised by the failure of their
bank. Poverty is averted by the arrival
of an uncultured but pretty and bright
Irish cousin, Peg OConnell. Peg, unknown to herself, has been left a fortune in which the Chichesters will
share, but only if they undertake to
teach her to be a lady. Things get
complicated when the gentlemen
around her begin to express a romantic interest in her. What ensues includes conflict, romance and lots of
laughter!

eg O My Heart opened in
New York on December 21st
1912. It was an instant success
and became one of the all-time long
run hits of the stage. For the author, J.
Hartley Manners, it made a fortune
and for his actress wife, Laurette Taylor, it made her a star. The play had
over 600 consecutive performances
on Broadway and five touring companies were on the road for several
years with it. In 1921, there was a
Broadway revival and in 1933 it was
made into an MGM motion picture
starring Marion Davies in the leading
role. Sligo Drama Circle previously
staged hugely successful productions
of the play in 1980 in the Town Hall
and in 1982 in the Hawks Well Theatre.

The Playwright
J Hartley Manners (18701928), was born in London of Irish parentage and worked there as an actor.
He emigrated to New York where he became known as a writer of comedies and romantic dramas. Manners
was regarded as a confirmed bachelor when, late in life, he unexpectedly married Laurette Taylor, a struggling young actress with two young children. He set himself the task of writing a vehicle for his wifes talents. The result, which exceeded all expectations, was Peg O My Heart.