Dec 26, 2009

John Bull’s Other Island | John Bull’s Other Island

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Author: George Bernard Shaw
First Published: 1907
Type of Work: Play
Type of Plot: Naturalism
Time of Work: The beginning of the twentieth century
Setting: London, England, and Rosscullen, Ireland
Genres: Naturalistic literature, Satire, Drama, Comedy
Subjects: Values, Twentieth century, England or English people, Politicians, London, Patriotism, Ireland or Irish people
Locales: London, England, Rosscullen, Ireland

Characters Discussed

Tom Broadbent, an English civil engineer. Large, healthy, and hearty, Broadbent is the “John Bull” (the traditional Englishman) of this comedy of national character. An unconscious hypocrite in the service of the Land Development Syndicate, for which he hopes to develop an estate (including tourist attractions) in Rosscullen, Doyle’s birthplace, he is nevertheless full of ingenuous hope that his English efficiency can lay balm to the wounds of the suffering and incompetent Irish. Irish Home Rule, he believes, will work wonders under English guidance,...

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John Bull’s Other Island | John Bull’s Other Island

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