OVERVIEW
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Playwright
Harry Sinton Gibson
Setting
The sitting room behind the shop of Joseph Cunningham, in the town of Cloughmany in Northern Ireland, in November 1930.
Synopsis
J.C Cunningham, shopkeeper, turns hard and bitter when his father bequeathes the substantial family fortune to his sister Sarah, and leaves the shop business only to him. Determined to make sons George and Dick upstanding members of the community and the Calvinist church to which they belong, he thwarts George's ambition to become a horse-trainer, and decides that Dick will become a minister. As each rebels in their own way, wife Mary quietly despairs, and as the years go by the house becomes one of misery. J.C.'s refusal to change results in the slow collapse of the business, but as the facts of this emerge, Mary finds her voice. Through her efforts, a glimmer of hope presents itself for the future.
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Play Type
Plays General
Number Of Acts
Full-Length
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Cast Size Male
9
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Cast Size Female
4
PUBLISHED SCRIPTS
Title
The Square Peg, A play in three acts
Year
1951
Published By
H.R. Carter Publications Ltd.
Address
2 Marcus Ward Street
Belfast
Antrim
Northern Ireland
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SOURCE OF INFORMATION
Information for this entry has come from the original production programme and the printed play script, held at the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.