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    In Shadow of the Glen
    In Shadow of the Glen
    In Shadow of the Glen
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    In Shadow of the Glen

    By J. M. (John Millington) Synge

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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    In Shadow of the Glen - J. M. (John Millington) Synge

    The Project Gutenberg EBook of In the Shadow of the Glen, by J. M. Synge

    This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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    Title: In the Shadow of the Glen

    Author: J. M. Synge

    Release Date: November 7, 2008 [EBook #1618]

    Last Updated: January 9, 2013

    Language: English

    *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN ***

    Produced by Judy Boss, and David Widger

    IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN

    A PLAY IN ONE ACT

    By J. M. Synge

    First performed at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, October 8th, 1903.

    Contents

    PERSONS

               DAN BURKE (farmer and herd)... George Roberts

               NORA BURKE (his wife)......... Maire Nic Shiubhlaigh

               MICHEAL DARA (a young herd)... P. J. Kelly

               A TRAMP....................... W. G. Fay

    IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN

    A PLAY IN ONE ACT

    SCENE.—{The last cottage at the head of a long glen in County Wicklow.

    Cottage kitchen; turf fire on the right; a bed near it against the wall with a body lying on it covered with a sheet. A door is at the other end of the room, with a low table near it, and stools, or wooden chairs. There are a couple of glasses on the table, and a bottle of whisky, as if for a wake, with two cups, a teapot, and a home-made cake. There is another small door near the bed. Nora Burke is moving about the room, settling a few things, and lighting candles on the table, looking now and then at the bed with an uneasy look. Some one knocks softly at the door. She takes up a stocking with money from the table and puts it in her pocket. Then she opens the door.}

    TRAMP {Outside.} Good evening to you, lady of the house.

    NORA

    Good evening, kindly stranger, it's a wild night, God help you, to be out in the rain falling.

    TRAMP It is, surely, and I walking to Brittas from the Aughrim fair.

    NORA Is it walking on your feet, stranger?

    TRAMP On my two feet, lady of the house, and when I saw the light below I thought maybe if you'd a sup of new milk and a quiet decent corner where a man could sleep {he looks in past

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