Author: | George Bernard Shaw | ISBN: | 1230003143384 |
Publisher: | Sabine | Publication: | March 20, 2019 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | George Bernard Shaw |
ISBN: | 1230003143384 |
Publisher: | Sabine |
Publication: | March 20, 2019 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
O'Flaherty V.C., A Recruiting Pamphlet (1915) is a comic one-act play written during World War I by George Bernard Shaw. The plot is about an Irish soldier in the British army returning home after winning the Victoria Cross. The play was written at a time when the British government was attempting to promote recruitment in Ireland, while many Irish republicans expressed opposition to a war to defend the British Empire.
O'Flaherty V.C., A Recruiting Pamphlet (1915) is a comic one-act play written during World War I by George Bernard Shaw. The plot is about an Irish soldier in the British army returning home after winning the Victoria Cross. The play was written at a time when the British government was attempting to promote recruitment in Ireland, while many Irish republicans expressed opposition to a war to defend the British Empire.