Hogan's goat
Subtitle: a drama in verse
By: by William Alfred
Publisher: S. French
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780573610172
Subjects: Brooklyn; Politics; Drama
Description: The blank-verse drama concerns a mayoral contest between Irish Americans in Brooklyn, New York in 1890. The play's focus is on the personal life of Matthew Stanton, the dynamic leader of the Sixth Ward, who hopes to unseat corrupt incumbent Ned Quinn. Stanton's wife Kathleen fears campaign publicity will reveal that they never were married in the Catholic Church, a fact uncovered by Quinn, who also discovers Stanton was once the "kept man" (known as a "goat" in the lexicon of the time) of Agnes Hogan, Quinn's ex-girlfriend who is now on her deathbed. Blinded by ruthless ambition, Stanton ignores Quinn's threats to reveal his past and forges ahead with the race, ultimately destroying not only his political career, but his marriage as well.
Notes: "First produced at the American Place Theatre in New York City." t.p.