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John Ferguson

A tragedy in four acts by St John Ervine.

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    St. John Greer Ervine 

  • Suíomh

    The kitchen of a farm house in Co. Down over the course of a fortnight during the late summer of 188-.

  • Achoimre

    Witherow, the greedy village miller, has his heart set on acquiring John Ferguson's farm as well as the hand of Ferguson's daughter, Hannah.Caeser, the local grocer,threatens to murder Witherow and promises to pay off the Fergusons' mortgage Hannah agrees to marry him instead. She refuses. Hannah's brother Andrew sneaks out of the house to get revenge. Ceasar is arrested for Witherow's murder but it is Andrew who eventually confesses to the crime. A letter then arrives from John Ferguson's brother in America with money to put a stop to the foreclosure on the house.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

  • Méid na Fóirne ( Fireann)

    8

  • Méid na Fóirne (Baineann)

    2

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
'Clutie' John Magrath Philip Guiry
Hannah Ferguson Nora Close
Sarah Ferguson Nora Desmond
James Caesar J M Kerrigan
John Ferguson Sydney J Morgan
Sergeant Kernaghan H E Hutchinson
Henry Witherow Arthur Sinclair
Andrew Ferguson Fred O'Donovan (1)
Constable Arthur Shields
Constable D Kelly
Foireann Léirithe  
Léirithe ag St. John Greer Ervine

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    John Ferguson; A play in four acts by St. John Greer Ervine

  • Bliain

    1919

  • Foilsithe ag

    Macmillan and Co.

  • Seoladh

    London
    England

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