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Sive - John B. Keane
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Characters
MIKE GLAVIN - Mike Glavin is a man easily manipulated by others – whether it is his wife, his mother, or social and religious authorities.
NANNA GLAVIN - Nanna Glavin is a curious character: bitter and resentful towards her daughter-in-law, Mena, but kind and indulgent to Sive.
LIAM SCUAB - Liam Scuab is a cousin of Sive’s father and an educated young man who rejects the ‘auction’ that is to be made of her.
MENA GLAVIN - Mena Glavin is manipulative and self-centred, willing to trade Sive to a much older man.
SEÁN DÓTA - Seán Dóta is an elderly bachelor who is moderately well off in comparison to the Glavins. Many characters express uneasiness about his sexual interest in Sive.
SIVE - Sive is a young woman of about eighteen.
PATS BOCOCK AND HIS SON, CARTHALAWN - they function as a chorus within the play, commenting on the action with their songs and banter.
THOMASHEEN SEÁN RUA - Thomasheen Seán Rua, the local matchmaker, is an unscrupulous man with an easy eloquence that gives him some of the most striking lines in the play.