George Fitzmaurice (1877 â€" 1963) was an Irish dramatist and short
story writer, some of whose plays were broadcast on Radio
Éireann.George Fitzmaurice was born in County Kerry, Ireland. In 1907
he submitted The Country Dressmaker to the Abbey Theatre, where it
played successfully, rescuing the theatre after the problems of John
Millington Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World in the same
year.[1]In 1916 he enlisted in the British Army and returned to Dublin
after the war with neurasthenia, rendering him fearful of
crowds.[2]Similar to the plays of Synge, Fitzmaurice's plays are
characterized by strong if not bitter realism mixed with outlandish
modes of speech typical of the Irish people of that time.
story writer, some of whose plays were broadcast on Radio
Éireann.George Fitzmaurice was born in County Kerry, Ireland. In 1907
he submitted The Country Dressmaker to the Abbey Theatre, where it
played successfully, rescuing the theatre after the problems of John
Millington Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World in the same
year.[1]In 1916 he enlisted in the British Army and returned to Dublin
after the war with neurasthenia, rendering him fearful of
crowds.[2]Similar to the plays of Synge, Fitzmaurice's plays are
characterized by strong if not bitter realism mixed with outlandish
modes of speech typical of the Irish people of that time.
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