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GEORGE SHIELS  (1881 - 1949)

Nationality:    Irish
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George Shiels (24 June 1881 - 19 September 1949) was an Irish Dramatist whose plays were a success both in his native Ulster and at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. His most famous plays are the Rugged Path, the Passing Day, and the New Gossoon. Geo. S. Morshiel was a pseudonym occasionally used by George Shiels. George Shiels was one of the most prolific and most successful playwrights in the history of the Abbey Theatre. Before his debut at the Abbey, Shiels's early work was staged by the Ulster Literary Theatre in Belfast and later on his work was taken up by the dynamic Group Theatre, also in Belfast. As a Northerner, Shiels embraced the whole island in his work, his use of dialect and his characterisation. Moreover, while his plays were broadly popular and wonderfully well suited to the acting talents of Theatre companies North and South, his all-Ireland perspective lent his work a keen critical edge masked by easy realism and hilarious comedy. Nowadays, we turn to the dark comedy of a play like the Passing Day to re-adjust our view of Shiels and to see his plays as seriously concerned with the land question and issues of identity, gender and the law in post-colonial Ireland. From that perspective, the New Gossoon and in particular the Rugged Path (which in 1940 broke all previous box-office receipts at the Abbey, when the production played for an unprecedented twelve weeks, all previous plays having been limited to two) challenge us to look again at Shiels and see him as public commentator as well as consummate entertainer.

Research:    http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=7026

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        Away from the Moss         Bedmates         Border Chief, The         Borderwine         Caretakers, The         Cartney and Kevney         Corporal Currigan         Felix Reid and Bob         First Aid         Fort Field, The         Give Him a House         Grogan and the Ferret         Harmony         He Kissed the Book         Insurance Money         Jailbird, The         Kevney         Macook's Corner         Man Of the World, The         Master William         McGill Plays         Michael Sheegan         Moodie In Manitoba         Mountain Dew         Mountain Post         Neal Maquade         New Gossoon, The         New Regime, The         Old Broom, The         Passing Day, The         Paul Twyning         Planet, The         Professor Tim         Quin's Secret         Retrievers, The         Rugged Path, The         Sick Man, The         Simpleton, The         Slave Drivers         Speedy Carpenter, The         Summit, The         Tame Drudge, The         Tenants At Will         Transfusion         Trooper's Lane