Mixed Marriage (play)

Mixed Marriage by St. John Greer Ervine was written for the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, where it premiered in 1911.

As the city's factories come out on strike, John Rainey, the respected head of a Protestant family, acts to calm the sectarian tension being stirred up by politicians for their own ends.

His son Hugh Rainey announces that his wishes to marry the beautiful Nora Murray, a Catholic.

The original production opened on Sunday 16 April 1911 at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, directed by Lennox Robinson.

Cast To mark the centenary of the play, the Finborough Theatre mounted a production of Mixed Marriage which ran from 4-29 October 2011.