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Peg O' My Heart By: J. Hartley Manners (1870-1928) |
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by J. Hartley Manners
To
"LAURIE" " in that which no waters can quench,
No time forget, nor distance wear away."
PREFACE Up to the time of publication, December 1922, "Peg o' My Heart" has
been played as a comedy in English in the United States and Canada in
excess of 8000 times, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland in excess of 6000 times, in India 65 times, in the Orient 20
times, in Holland 152 times, and in Scandinavia 23 times. Australia and
New Zealand have seen 701 performances while South Africa has witnessed
229. Three companies are playing in France where the total performances
exceed 500, the Belgian figures are not yet available, Spain has two
companies, and Italy five, the total figures for these three countries
last named running well over a thousand performances. In France and
Belgium "Peg de Mon Coeur" is the title for the French language
version, in Italy "Peg del Mio Cuore" is the name of the Italian "Peg",
while her Spanish admirers and translators have named her "Rirri." Over 194,000 copies of the novel have been sold in the United States,
while the British Empire has bought 51,600 in novel form. In play form
3000 copies have been sold to date. The new film "Peg o' My Heart" in
nine reels is being distributed throughout the entire world, and while
innumerable companies are playing the comedy throughout the United
States, Canada and the British Empire, an internationally known
composer, Dr. Hugo Felix, is at work upon the score of a "Peg" operetta
in collaboration with its author, so that the young lady may continue
her career in musical form. The present work is submitted in its original form with the addition of
illustrations taken from the film recently made, through the courtesy
of the Metro Pictures Corporation, for which acknowledgment is
gratefully made. It is believed that these statistics are unique in theatrical and
publishing history for it will now be possible in any large city to
read or witness "Peg o' My Heart" in the five phases of her career to
date, viz., novel, printed play, acted comedy, photo play and operetta.
J. Hartley Manners. The Lotes Club, New York City, December, 1922.
CONTENTS
BOOK THE FIRST The Romance of an Irish Agitator and an English Lady of Quality I The Irish Agitator Makes His First Appearance
II The Panorama of a Lost Youth
III St. Kernan's Hill
IV Nathaniel Kingsnorth Visits Ireland
V Angela
VI Angela Speaks Her Mind Freely to Nathaniel
VII The Wounded Patriot
VIII Angela in Sore Distress
IX Two Letters
X O'Connell Visits Angela in London
XI Kingsnorth's Despair
XII Looking Forward
BOOK THE SECOND The End of the Romance I Angela's Confession
II A Communication from Nathaniel Kingsnorth
III The Birth of Peg
BOOK THE THIRD Peg I Peg's Childhood
II We Meet an Old Friend After Many Years
III Peg Leaves Her Father for the First Time
BOOK THE FOURTH Peg in England I The Chichester Family
II Christian Brent
III Peg Arrives in England
IV The Chichester Family Receive a Second Shock
V Peg Meets Her Aunt
VI Jerry
VII The Passing of the First Month
VIII The Temple of Friendship
IX The Dance and its Sequel
X Peg Intervenes
XI "The Rebellion of Peg"
XII A Room in New York
XIII The Morning After
XIV Alaric to the Rescue
XV Montgomery Hawkes
XVI The Chief Executor Appears on the Scene
XVII Peg Learns of Her Uncle's Legacy
XVIII Peg's Farewell to England
BOOK THE FIFTH Peg Returns to Her Father I After Many Days
II Looking Backward
III An Unexpected Visitor
Afterword
CHAPTER I THE IRISH AGITATOR MAKES HIS FIRST APPEARANCE
"Faith, there's no man says more and knows less than yerself, I'm
thinkin'." "About Ireland, yer riverence?" "And everything else, Mr. O'Connell." "Is that criticism or just temper, Father?" "It's both, Mr... Continue reading book >>
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