The Shadow of a Gunman | |
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Written by | Seán O'Casey |
Characters | Donal Davoren Seumus Shields An Auxiliary |
Date premiered | April 12, 1923 |
Place premiered | Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Irish Free State |
Original language | English |
Series | Dublin Trilogy |
Setting | Dublin, 10–11 May 1920, a tenement flat |
The Shadow of a Gunman is a 1923 tragicomedy play by Seán O'Casey set during the Irish War of Independence. It centres on the mistaken identity of a building tenant who is thought to be an IRA assassin.
It is the first in O'Casey's "Dublin Trilogy" - the other two being Juno and the Paycock (1924) and The Plough and the Stars (1926).