ESU (HK) Online Play-Reading Club - The Tinker’s Wedding by J. M. Synge

Facilitated by Mike Ingham

Sarah Casey convinces the reluctant Michael Byrne to marry her by threatening to run off with another man. She accosts a local priest and convinces him to wed them for ten shillings and a tin can. Michael's mother shows up drunk and harasses the priest, then steals the can to exchange it for more drink. The next morning Sarah and Michael go to the chapel to be wed, but when the priest finds that the can is missing he refuses to perform the ceremony. Sarah protests and a fight breaks out that ends with the priest tied up in a sack. The tinkers free him after he swears not to set the police after them and he curses them in God's name as they flee in mock terror.

Please join us for the reading and discussion of this play.

Date : 16th Jun 2025, Monday

Time : 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. (HK Time)

Registration :  https://forms.gle/VUHsJUuu1DrH9foj9

*Certificates will be awarded for Continuous Professional Development credit

**The English-Speaking Union (ESU) Hong Kong is a registered charity under Section 88 of the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Ordinance (charity reference 91/6295) .