CHRISTMAS WITH THE MULLIGAN'S
Reading edition
A FUNNY CHRISTMAS PLAY IN THREE SHORT ACTS.
CHARACTERS.
The Widow MulliganWith a Heart Overflowing with Sunshine
PatsyAged Twelve
MatsyAged Eleven
Teddy MageeAged Seven
Nora EudoraAged Fourteen
Micky MachreeAged Five
Bridget HonoraAged Ten
Sweet Mary AnnAged Eight
MelissaAged Six
ClarissaAged Six
Wee Peter PanAged Four
Mrs. O'Toole, A NeighborWith a Heart Overflowing with Kindness
Time of Playing—About One Hour.
How they lived and what they wore will be told under the "Notes to the Manager" at the end of the play.
ARGUMENT.
Sure, there isn't much argument at all, at all. It's all happiness and merriment and love, and where there is happiness and merriment and love there isn't any time for argument. The Widow Mulligan is a cheerful washerwoman who lives in Mulligan Alley in Shantytown, surrounded by her ten little Mulligans, to say nothing of the goat, Shamus O'Brien. A good-hearted neighbor, Mrs. O'Toole, has a lively time with the goat, but she forgives all his misdeeds as it is Christmas Eve and the little Mulligans are starting out for a grand Christmas entertainment. When they return they entertain their mother and Mrs. O'Toole, and, incidentally, the audience.
But let's have done with the argument and let the fun begin.