Four Manx Plays

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A 1921 collection of plays by two of the Isle of Man’s most important writers, Mona Douglas and J. J. Kneen. * The Churning by Mona Douglas: a mother and daughter cannot get the butter to form, until the ill-work of the fairies is undone by a charm. * The Lips of the Sea by Mona Douglas: the tragic story of visions and mysterious disappearances. * The Faery Tune by Mona Douglas, a man is taken by the fairies when he is lured out of his home by their beautiful music. * Yn Blaa Sooree (“The Courting Flower”) by J. J. Kneen: the story of the mishaps that arise from a flower that causes people to fall in love. The full text for these plays is available from www.manxliterature.com [Copyright for the works of Mona Douglas is held by the Manx Museum & National Trust. Please contact enquiries@mnh.gov.im regarding any commercial use of the contents of this file.]

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