Dancing at Lughnasa- Brian Friel

The five Mundy sisters (Kate, Maggie, Agnes, Rosie, and Christina), all unmarried, live in a big cottage outside of town. Kate, the oldest, is a school teacher and the only sister with a well-paid job. Agnes and Rose knit gloves to be sold in town, which earns a little bit of money for the household, as well as help keep the house with Maggie. Maggie and Christina (Michael's mother) have no income at all. Recently returned home is their brother Jack, a priest who has lived as a missionary in a leper colony in Uganda for 25 years. He is suffering from malaria and has trouble remembering many things, including the sisters' names and his English vocabulary. Gerry, Michael's father, is charming and completely unreliable. A clown and a vagabond he visits rarely and always unannounced. He has another family back in Wales, although that doesn't stop him from proposing to Christine. He has returned this time to tell her he is joining the International Brigade to fight in the Spanish Civil War.

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