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Peg o' My Heart is a 1912 play written by J. Hartley Manners. It has three acts, a medium-sized cast, one setting, and moderate pacing. The story is set at the English mansion of the socially prominent Chichester family, whose lives are changed by the introduction of an Irish-American heiress into their midst.
The Queen's Messenger was the first television drama. The experiment was broadcast by a Schenectady, New York station on September 11, 1928. It was a radio drama adapted for television and broadcast both sound and moving pictures.
Overview. J. Hartley Manners. (1870—1928) Quick Reference. (b. London, 10 Aug. 1870; d. New York, 19 Dec. 1928) Playwright. He began his career as an actor and came to America in 1902 in one of his own ... From: Manners, J [ohn] Hartley in The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre » Subjects: Performing arts — Theatre. Reference entries.
J. Hartley Manners was born in London, England, but was of Irish descent and raised as a devout Catholic; his mother had hopes that he would enter into the priesthood, but that was not to be (American National Biography).
Peg O' My Heart by J. Hartley Manners is an in-depth and sympathetic look at Ireland's struggle for independence against English colonial rule. Manners writes...
British-born playwright J. Hartley Manners, of Irish extraction, spent many years in the United States. In his twenties, in Australia, he began a relatively successful acting career and made his debut in London's West End in 1898.
John Hartley Manners (10 August 1870 – 19 December 1928) was a London-born playwright of Irish extraction who wrote Peg o' My Heart, which starred his wife, Laurette Taylor, on Broadway in one of her greatest stage triumphs. ...more.
