Public Demand Repeat of Murphy Play

“The Country Boy” returned to Summer Theatre today, Wednesday, due to unprecedented public demand. It is a play by John Murphy and deals with the classic Irish themes of father-son relationships and emigration. Eddie Maher has returned home, the first time in fifteen years, with his American-born wife, to discover his younger brother Curly intending to emigrate. Eddie attempts to dissuade his brother from taking the step, and in doing so is brought face to face with himself for the first time. This play can also be seen next Friday (Tomorrow).

The Summer Theatre has been a huge success this year with the Drama Circle playing to packed houses. At one showing of “Step-in-the-Hollow” people had to be turned away. They will have another chance to see the play, however, starting on Tuesday 28th August and continuing for four nights, until 6th September. This hilarious play is well worth seeing. It enumerates the activities of a less than scrupulous District Justice who somehow succeeds in getting involved in situations as tangled and humorous as you could hope to find. “Step-in-the-Hollow” is going to Manorhamilton on Saturday, and the Drama Circle will take “The Country Boy” to Dublin in October.

from The Sligo Champion, August 24th, 1973