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O'Flaherty, V.C.

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    George Bernard (GB) Shaw 

  • Suíomh

    Summer 1915, outside Sir Pearce Madigan's Country House, Ireland.

  • Achoimre

    Having been awarded the Victoria Cross for his heroics in Flanders, Private O'Flaherty returns home to Ireland to take part in recruitment campaign. He has neglected to tell his mother, a fervent Fenian, that he is fighting for the British Crown. His sweetheart, meanwhile, is determined that her man secure her a substantial war pension, irrespective of the dangers involved.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Aon-ghníomh

  • Méid na Fóirne ( Fireann)

    2

  • Méid na Fóirne (Baineann)

    2

Céad Léiriú

  • Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

    21 June 1920

  • Nótaí faoin Léiriú

    First produced by the Deborah Bierne Irish Players.
  • Leiriú

  • Ionad an Chéad Léirithe


  • Nótaí faoin Ionad

    First presented at the 39th Street Theatre, New York.

  • Nótaí Faoin gCéadléiriú Éireannach

    'O'Flaherty V.C' was originally written for the Abbey Theatre and was announced for production there in November 1915. It was quickly withdrawn because of circumstances surrounding the war and the threat of audiences rioting.

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Private Dennis O'Flaherty, V.C. P.J. Kelly
Teresa Driscoll Mollie O'Carroll
General Sir Pearce Madigan Emmet O'Reilly
Mrs O'Flaherty Máire Roden-Quinn

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    The Bodley Head Bernard Shaw: Volume 4

  • Bliain

    1972

  • Foilsithe ag

    The Bodley Head

  • Seoladh

    England

  • ISBN

    0370013905

Eolas Faoi Chearta

Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from The Bodley Head Bernard Shaw (Volume 4). Additional information was taken from C.L. & V.M. Broad's 'Dictionary of the Plays and Novels of Bernard Shaw' and from the New York Times Online Archive.