Emigration at first sight: a play in one act

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Emigration at first sight: a play in one act

Douglas, Ian [text by].

London and Glasgow: Gowans & Gray; Boston: The Baker International Play Bureau, 1930. 

A charming play about a young Scottish man and woman who meet in an emigration office, the man looking to emigrate to Toronto, the woman to Auckland. Due to a lack of communication with the office worker, instead of receiving their emigration papers they are almost married to each other on the spot. The mistake is spotted just in time. The young man, who had lost his job and didn't want to leave Scotland in the first place, receives a letter from his former employer offering him his job back and decides to stay. The woman, also reluctant to leave, prepares to travel to New Zealand, but the man asks her to stay with him - the office already accidentally jotted their details down for a marriage certificate, so why waste ink? A surprisingly lighthearted story set during the Great Depression.

One pamphlet, complete. Light browning and a few small marks internally. 29 p. 15 x 10 cm. Number 105 of the Repertory Plays series. Text in English.

Emigration at first sight: a play in one act
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