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Myles-Na-Coppaleen, who has loved Eily for as long as he can remember, is visiting her along with her other two caretakers. Hardress then leaves in a fit of rage, leaving Eily to mourn and wonder if she will ever see him again. As Eily is doing so, Anne arrives and witnesses this episode, and talks to Eily about what she believes is the work of Kyrle. She leaves none the wiser, giving up on Kyrle, convinced that the best thing for her is to marry
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and that he would have the first act to her by the end of the weekend. He told her that they should start the rehearsal/build process immediately and he would finish the play as they rehearsed, so basically, the definition of theatre on the fly. Thus, Boucicault took his playwriting back to his Irish
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Danny arrives at Eily’s home and convinces her that
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