After Mena and Mike leave the stage in a hurry, Nanna is seen on stage alone, smoking her pipe, which she has to hide from Mena. While alone, a man named Liam Scuab enters. He is described as ‘good looking and manly.’ He tells us that he saw Thomasheen running away from the house and Read More …
Mike enters and tells Mena about the good day he had at the fair and we can see that their fortunes have improved in recent times and that business is good. However, when Mike says, ‘money is the best friend a man ever had, ‘ the audience would be aware of the danger of the Read More …
Thomasheen Sean Rua, who is a matchmaker comes to visit Mena and it is clear from the stage and directions and his first few lines that he is up to something. He enquires whether Mena is alone or not before entering the house. When he is sure that no one is listening he tells Mena Read More …
Act 1, Scene 1 (Introduction to Sive, Mena and Nanna) Act 1, Scene 1 (Thomasheen comes to visit) Act 1, Scene 1(Mena Proposes the Match to Mike) Act 1, Scene 1 (Liam Comes to Visit Sive) Act 1, Scene 2 (Sean Dota Visits Sive) Act 1 Scene 3 (Mena and Thomasheen Threaten Nanna) Act 1, Read More …
The play begins with the stage directions, which give the impression that this is a house where money is scarce. We see that the older woman in this scene is hiding the fact that she is smoking a pipe, by trying to conceal the pipe when the other woman enters. Nanna Galvin is the mother Read More …
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