(1907)
PERSONS IN THE PLAY
First performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, January 26, 1907.
CHRISTOPHER MAHON
OLD MAHON (his father, a squatter)
MICHAEL JAMES FLAHERTY, called MICHAEL JAMES (a publican)
MARGARET FLAHERTY, called PEGEEN MIKE (his daughter)
WIDOW QUIN (a woman of about thirty)
SHAWN KEOGH (her cousin, a young farmer)
PHILLY CULLEN and JIMMY FARRELL (small farmers)
SARA TANSEY, SUSAN BRADY, and HONOR BLAKE (village girls)
A BELLMAN
SOME PEASANTS
The action takes place near a village, on a wild coast of Mayo. The first Act passes on an evening of autumn, the other two Acts on the following day.