NORA BURKE (his wife) . . . . Maire Nic Shiubhlaigh
MICHEAL DARA (a young herd) . P. J. Kelly
A TRAMP . . . . . . . . . . . W. G. Fay



IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN

A PLAY IN ONE ACT

First performed at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, October 8th,
1903.

SCENE. -- The last cottage at the head of a long glen in County
Wicklow. (Cottage kitchen; turf fire on the right; a bed near it
against the wall with a body lying on it covered with a sheet. A
door is at the other end of the room, with a low table near it,
and stools, or wooden chairs. There are a couple of glasses on
the table, and a bottle of whisky, as if for a wake, with two
cups, a tea-pot, and a home-made cake. There is another small
door near the bed. Nora Burke is moving about the room, settling
a few things, and lighting candles on the table, looking now and
then at the bed with an uneasy look. Some one knocks softly at
the door. She takes up a stocking with money from the table and
puts it in her pocket. Then she opens the door.)

TRAMP
[Outside.] Good evening to you, lady of the house.

NORA