The Shaughraun is a melodramatic play written by Irish playwright Dion Boucicault. Melodrama refers to theatre in which music is used to increase the spectator's emotional response or to suggest character types A play, or stageplay, is a form of Literature written by a Playwright, almost always consisting of Dialogue between Fictional characters The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (born December 26, circa 1820 &ndash died September 18, 1890) was an Irish Actor and Playwright It was first performed at Wallack's Theatre, New York, on 14 November 1874. The City of New York Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common ^[1] Boucicault played Con in the original production. The play was a huge success, making half a million dollars for Boucicault, which he squandered.

Plot

The play is about a Fenian fugitive, Robert Ffolliott, fiancee of Arte O'Neil. Fianna Éireann The Fenians, both the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood, were fraternal organisations dedicated to the establishment of an independent A fugitive is a person who is fleeing from Custody, whether it be from private Slavery, a government Arrest, government or non-government questioning A country squire, Kinchela, his rival for Arte's hand, tries to hunt Robert down and arrest him, with the help of a police informer, Harvey Duff. In Feudal or Medieval times a squire was a Man-at-arms in the service of a Knight, often as his Apprentice. Robert escapes various melodramatic cliffhanger situations with the help of Con the Shaughran (Irish seachránaí = wanderer, errant person), a roguish stage Irish poacher who provides a great deal of comic relief. A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a Plot device in which a movie, Novel, or other work of fiction contains an abrupt ending often leaving Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension

Robert's sister, Claire Ffolliot, is in love with an English soldier, Captain Molineaux, who is tracking down Fenians in the area. The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. She cannot decide whether or not to protect her brother or betray the Captain. However, Molineaux's fish out of water attitudes to rural Ireland provide comic relief, and all ends well. Rural areas can be large and isolated (also referred to as "the country" and/or "the countryside over the course of time Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Fenians receive a general amnesty, the couples marry, Kinchela is arrested, and Harvey Duff falls off a cliff. Amnesty (from the Greek amnestia, oblivion is a legislative or executive act by which a state restores those who may have been guilty of an offense against it to In Geography and Geology, a cliff is a significant vertical or near vertical rock exposure

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