O'Flaherty V.C.: A Recruiting Pamphlet: Play Guide and Free Edition
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O'Flaherty V.C.: A Recruiting Pamphlet is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Shaw, Bernard (1856–1950).
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"O'Flaherty V.C.: A Recruiting Pamphlet" by Bernard Shaw is a comic one-act play written in 1915 during World War I. An Irish soldier returns home after winning the Victoria Cross, only to face his Fenian mother's fury upon discovering he fought for the British. His materialistic girlfriend and domestic conflicts drive him to prefer the trenches over provincial Irish life. Shaw's anti-war satire tackles recruitment, patriotism, and Irish poverty, proving too controversial for wartime Dublin authorities who banned its performance.
Book and edition facts
- Title: O'Flaherty V.C.: A Recruiting Pamphlet
- Author credits: Shaw, Bernard (1856–1950)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Comedy plays
- Ireland -- Drama
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Ireland -- Drama
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Drama
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
- Nobel Prizes in Literature
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