Peg O’ My Heart

Performances

February 18, 1938

Venue

Majestic Theatre

Synopsis

Peg, a poor Irish girl living in New York, becomes an heiress with the death of her uncle and is called to England to be reared by an autocratic aunt. Peg is like a fish out of water in these surroundings, but she wins her way and also a worthy Englishman named Jerry.

Author: J. Hartley Manners

Historian’s Corner

“Peg O’ My Heart,” a play from 1912, was selected as a part of the season, based the Players’ executive board’s policy of annually presenting successful plays from past eras.