John Ferguson
John Ferguson Author: St John Ervine
First Performance: 1915, Dublin
Published: 1915
Genre: Trag. in 4 acts
Setting: Rural Ireland, 1885
Cast: 8m, 2f
Old John Ferguson, an invalided Ulster farmer, is deeply religious, finding consolation in the Bible when his life seems in ruins. Because his son Andrew is not managing the farm very well, a bullying neighbour Henry Witherow is threatening to foreclose their mortgage. There are two hopes: a cheque from Ferguson's brother in America; or Ferguson's daughter Hannah will have to marry the well-to-do local grocer James Caesar. She agrees to go out with him, but recognizes that she could not bear to marry such a repulsive individual. While Caesar furiously demands of the family that Hannah should marry him, Hannah runs in distressed, announcing that Witherow has raped...
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