Big Maggie

Big Maggie
Written by John B. Keane
Characters Big "Maggie" Polpin
Katie Polpin
Gert Polpin
Maurice Polpin
Mick Polpin
Teddy Heelen
Mary Madden
Mrs Madden
Mr Byrne
Old Man
Old Woman
Mourners
Priest
Date premiered 1968
Place premiered Gaiety Theatre
Original language English
Genre Rural drama
Setting Ireland, 1960s

Big Maggie is an Irish play written by John B. Keane, first performed in 1968.[1]

Big Maggie is studied at Leaving Cert Higher and Ordinary Level English by students in the Republic of Ireland. [2]

Plot

Maggie Polpin is a widowed mother of four living in rural Ireland, now sole owner of the Polpin family shop and farm since the death of her husband. She is a complex figure, far from the clichés of Irish femininity which preceded her. This is a hard-bitten, uncompromising woman who puts her personal security above all other concerns. She rejects the place which cultural precedent has laid out for her and chooses to drive all of her children away rather than nurture them like a mother can by trying to force them to do things that will benefit Maggie. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Big Maggie hits the stage in Birr this April".
  2. ↑ "Leaving cert & Junior cert Exam Revision - Studyclix makes exams easier". Studyclix.
  3. ↑ Fearon, Alana (2 February 2016). "Big Maggie is powerful drama from some familiar faces".


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