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The Magnanimous Lover
By St. John Green Ervine - Stage play
Roles
- Maggie Cather - Young Adult (20-35), Female
About this piece
Maggie Cather remembers her shame for being a single mother
Summary
This is a one act play that takes place in Donaghreagh, a small North-Irish village. There are 5 characters in the play, William and Jane Cather, an old married couple, and their daughter Maggie. Then there is Samuel and Henry Hinde, father and son. The play starts with Samuel Hinde approaching Mr and Mrs Cather in their house. He tells them their son Henry is waiting outside and would like to talk to Maggie. He has come all the way from Liverpool to make up for a wrong he did to her ten years before, that is he knocked her up and then refused to marry her. Maggie eventually arrives and Henry asks her to marry him. He tells her he thinks is the will of God. In this monologue Maggie refuses to marry him and remembers the shame she felt when he left her and the way she was treated by people in her village because he abandoned with a bastard child.
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