"—in that which no waters can quench,
No time forget, nor distance wear away."
Up to the time of publication, December 1922, "Peg o' My Heart" hasbeen played as a comedy in English in the United States and Canada inexcess of 8000 times, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain andIreland in excess of 6000 times, in India 65 times, in the Orient 20times, in Holland 152 times, and in Scandinavia 23 times. Australia andNew Zealand have seen 701 performances while South Africa has witnessed229.
Three companies are playing in France where the total performancesexceed 500, the Belgian figures are not yet available, Spain has twocompanies, and Italy five, the total figures for these three countrieslast-named running well over a thousand performances. In France andBelgium "Peg de Mon Coeur" is the title for the French languageversion, in Italy "Peg del Mio Cuore" is the name of the Italian "Peg",while her Spanish admirers and translators have named her "Rirri."
Over 194,000 copies of the novel have been sold in the United States,while the British Empire has bought 51,600 in novel form. In play form3000 copies have been sold to date. The new film "Peg o' My Heart" innine reels is being distributed throughout the entire world, and whileinnumerable companies are playing the comedy throughout the UnitedStates, Canada and the British Empire, an internationally-knowncomposer, Dr. Hugo Felix, is at work upon the score of a "Peg" operettain collaboration with its author, so that the young lady may continueher career in musical form.
The present work is submitted in its original form with the addition ofillustrations taken from the film recently made, through the courtesyof the Metro Pictures Corporation, for which acknowledgment isgratefully made.
It is believed that these statistics are unique in theatrical andpublishing history for it will now be possible in any large city toread or witness "Peg o' My Heart" in the five phases of her career todate, viz., novel, printed play, acted comedy, photo play and operetta.
J. Hartley Manners.
The Lotes Club, New York City, December, 1922.
| I | The Irish Agitator Makes His First Appearance |
| II | The Panorama of a Lost Youth |
| III | St. Kernan's Hill |