New Comedies
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Waiting in a shed near a coach stop, two chimney sweeps compare the wealthy cousins their mothers have praised for years. Taig and Darby each expect a relative to lift them out of hunger and hard work. Their conversation mixes boasts with memories of constant criticism, turning their hopes for an easier life into comic rivalry. This scene opens Lady Gregory's New Comedies, a collection of five plays with character lists and stage directions.
The comedy takes shape through repeated phrases, quarrels and the gap between what people want and what they have. In Coats, an argument over clothing becomes an awkward struggle to remove the disputed garments. Damer's Gold begins in a kitchen, where relatives enter cautiously and find the owner absent.
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- Author
- Lady Gregory
- Reading time
- About 3 hours
- Pages
- 107
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Theater
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