| The Gadfly | |
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| Written by | George Bernard Shaw |
| Date premiered | unproduced |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | A devout Catholic becomes a devout revolutionary. |
| Genre | novel adaptation |
| Setting | various |
The Gadfly or The Son of the Cardinal (1897-8) is a dramatic adaptation by George Bernard Shaw of Anglo-Irish writer Ethel Lilian Voynich (née Boole)'s novel The Gadfly. It was written as a favour to the author, who was a friend of Shaw's.