Scholarship abounds on George Bernard Shaw's politics, but this volume is the first to explore how Shaw's presence in Irish radical debate manifested itself not only through his direct contributions but also through the way he and his efforts were engaged by others. By illuminating the hidden dialogue between Shaw, the socially liberal dramatist J. M. Synge and the socialist agitator James Connolly, Ritschel creates a gripping, even suspenseful, narrative of the intellectual march to the Easter Uprising of 1916.
