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The 1825 emigration of hundred of impoverished Irish families to Scott’s Plains, and their subsequent struggled, is the subject of 4th Line Theatre’s second production of its two-play summer season.
Opening July 29th at the Winslow Farm near Millbrook, Wild Irish Geese is set against the back drop of Peter Robinson’s emigration plan that saw more than 2,000 Irish escape brutal poverty by crossing the Atlantic Ocean in nine ships in search of a fresh start in the Peterborough region.
Playwright and actor Megan Murphy was commissioned to write the play some five years ago by 4th Line founder Robert Winslow in anticipation of the bicentennial of the emigrants’ journey and subsequent adjustment to their new life in a strange land. Murphy provides a brief overview of some of the elements of her story.
Murphy says Wild Irish Geese is perfectly suited for 4th Line’s space and its day-one mission to stage local history-based stories.
Murphy notes while there’s a decidedly Irish feel to the play, Wild Irish Geese is a universal story.
Wild Irish Geese continues until August 30th. For more information and to order tickets, visit www.4thlinetheatre.on.ca.
(Written by: Paul Rellinger)
