The Sugar Wifeexplores capitalist exploitation and philanthropy

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Original Load Date April 9, 2026, 1 p.m.
Last Updated April 9, 2026, 1 p.m.
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It’s 1850 in Dublin, and the effects of the potato famine (effectively an Irish genocide engineered by the British) are still felt. “The poor will always be with us,” says Quaker tea merchant Samuel Tewkley (Todd Wojcik). But his wife, Hannah (Annie Hogan), still hopes to make a difference in the li...