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

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  2

• Total

  4

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  21 June 1920

• Nótaí faoin Léiriú

  First produced by the Deborah Bierne Irish Players.

• 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 It was quickly withdrawn because of circumstances surrounding the war and the threat of audiences rioting.

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.