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stage Irishman is a stereotype of Irishpeople once common in plays. Although some say that the term originates in the 17th century, Captain Macmorris in
Henry VHenry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, written in 1599. It is based on the life of King Henry V of England, and focuses on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War....
has been claimed to be the first. The line "What ish my nation?" is used to portray the character as both drunk and at least unreliable, potentially capable of treason.
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stage Irishman is a stereotype of Irishpeople once common in plays. Although some say that the term originates in the 17th century, Captain Macmorris in
Henry VHenry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, written in 1599. It is based on the life of King Henry V of England, and focuses on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War....
has been claimed to be the first. The line "What ish my nation?" is used to portray the character as both drunk and at least unreliable, potentially capable of treason.
The play
The Irish Hudibras and
Hesperi-Neso-Grapica were important in establishing the stereotype.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays...
's play
John Bull's Other IslandJohn Bull's Other Island is a comedy about Ireland, written by G. Bernard Shaw in 1904. Shaw himself was born in Dublin, yet this is the only play of his where he thematically returned to his homeland...
deals in part with such stereotypes.
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