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Excerpt from Birthright: A Play in Two Acts
Birthright, the strongest part of the opening pro gramme, is a depressing sort of tragedy, because It leaves the spectator feeling that he can do nothing to avert such untoward events. Its power lies in the faithfulness of the whole action to plausibility, and'in the inevitable clash between the opposing elements of the plot. Maura Morrissey shielded her elder son, Hugh, because he has always been the weaker; While Bat, her husband, openly favored Shane, because he was the farmer. So Bat decided to send Hugh m Shane's place to America, and give the estate to Shane. Caring less for the land than for the loss of his birthright, Hugh taunted Shane, and finally pro voked a fight. Which ended in_ Hugh's death at his brother's hands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
