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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 09, 1929
Page
4
Local theatrical note notes a stage piece titled When Father O Flynn Came To Dinner presented for the Advoca audience. Cast and venue details are limited but suggest a community theater event with a religiously themed comedy.
Ted Smith vies for Eliza Murphy's heart at Myal Creek as New Year heat and village gossip swirl around Old Man Murphy's disapproval. A clever setup and secret meetings behind the buggy wheel mark a lighthearted romance amid sunlit waterholes and a rural crowd.
G Nash advertises general carrier services for loading pigs calves and other stock picked up from any part of the district. Emphasizes reasonable charges promptness reliability Ravenshaw Street Gloucester phone 119.
Our prices reduced for Black Mnpingtons at 15 shillings per dozen and 28 pounds 15 shillings for 50. White Leghorns 12 shillings per dozen with bulk rates 2 pounds 5 shillings for 90 and 4 pounds 5 shillings for 100. Chicks available February to October. Incubator capacity 22,500. Contact H. R. Fooks Manai Cambridge Poultry Farm Tomah Street Carlingford New South Wales.
In a moonlit rural scene Old Man Murphy tries to force Eliza to marry him offstage to Ted. A chaotic pursuit unfolds with a goanna, a bathe of furniture, a hiding place behind a sofa, and Father O Flynn attempting to quell the uproar as Eliza’s secret plans collide with Murphy’s tyrannical insistence. The scene spirals into comic danger as the couple seeks aid from Father O’Flynn while Murphy battles to reclaim control.
A strained family drama unfolds as Old Man Murphy and Mrs Shocking torment Father O Flynn and Ted, while Eliza and her father prepare a Sunday dinner. The plan collapses when a clue triggers Murphy’s escape, and Father Flynn departs with Ted heading toward the train for a hurried, bittersweet farewell at the presbytery.
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