100-Year-Old Romantic Comedy Goes Into Play

TO kick of a new series of plays and musicals, Off-Broadstreet Theatre’s Bob and Julie Thick are presenting their audiences a comedy — one you might not be familiar with.
 
Peg O’ My Heart is a 100-year-old romantic comedy by J. Hartley Manners, and the Thicks promise that it’s still a delight.

”It goes along at a fairly gentle pace and we’re not trying to push that too much because it is truly a piece that needs to take its time and be savored as well as enjoyed,” says Mr. Thick, who is directing the show at Off-Broadstreet in Hopewell, April 12-May 11.

More popular than the play is the song “Peg O’ My Heart,” written by Alfred Bryan and Fred Fisher. Mr. Thick says the tune was inspired by the play, while adding that neither it, nor any song, is heard in the play, because it’s not a musical.

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