OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lynn Doyle 

• Notes

  A note in the published script says this play was later produced as 'Persevering Pat' at the Little Theatre, Adelphi, Strand, on March 13, 1925.

• Synopsis

  On inheriting land and money, sheepish County Down bachelor Peter O'Hare becomes the target of two different families seeking to make good matches for their respective daughters. With his housekeeper Widow Dougherty turning advisor, but also seeking a proposal for herself, Peter is taken on a whirlwind of offer, counter-offer and refusal. Eventually, the situation proves so confusing that he slips away to emigrate to America, only announcing the sale of his farm and escape to the village by telegram.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  6

• Total

  9

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  24 November 1913

• Producer

  Produced by Ulster (Literary)Theatre

• Original Venue

  Grand Opera House
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry has come from Margaret McHenry's 'The Ulster Theatre in Ireland', from the published script and from reviews of the premiere production.