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''The Iron Harp'' is a play by Irish playwright Joseph O'Conor () [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_O%27Conor]. Published in ''Three Irish plays'', introduced and edited by E. Martin Browne. Harmondsworth, England : Penguin, 1959.
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''The Iron Harp'' is a play by Irish playwright Joseph O'Conor () [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_O%27Conor]. One of the characters is an officer in the I.R.A., recently blinded.
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Published in ''Three Irish plays'', introduced and edited by E. Martin Browne. Harmondsworth, England : Penguin, 1959.
  
  
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Presented in an [[Afrikaans]] translation (title?) by [[CAPAB]], 1964. (Source: ''Die Burger'', January 1964)
 
Presented in an [[Afrikaans]] translation (title?) by [[CAPAB]], 1964. (Source: ''Die Burger'', January 1964)
  
Patrick Mynhardt directed ''[[Die Blinde Vegter]]'' ("The Blind Warrior"), which is possibly a translation of this play, for [[PACT]] in 1965, starring [[Marius Weyers]] as Kaptein Douglas Turner.
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Patrick Mynhardt directed ''[[Die Blinde Vegter]]'' ("The Blind Fighter"), which is probably a translation into [[Afrikaans]] of this play, for [[PACT]] in 1965, starring [[Marius Weyers]] as Kaptein Douglas Turner.
  
  

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The Iron Harp is a play by Irish playwright Joseph O'Conor () [1]. One of the characters is an officer in the I.R.A., recently blinded.

Published in Three Irish plays, introduced and edited by E. Martin Browne. Harmondsworth, England : Penguin, 1959.


Performance history in South Africa

Presented in an Afrikaans translation (title?) by CAPAB, 1964. (Source: Die Burger, January 1964)

Patrick Mynhardt directed Die Blinde Vegter ("The Blind Fighter"), which is probably a translation into Afrikaans of this play, for PACT in 1965, starring Marius Weyers as Kaptein Douglas Turner.


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