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When: 01 January 1933

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Arthur Shields as “The Playboy” must have been a wonderful theatrical experience? One of the great Abbey actors, playing one of the iconic roles from Irish Theatre, captured here.

Photographer: Harry C. Phibbs

Date: 1933

NLI Ref: AB9

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Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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    Niall McAuley

    • 20/Apr/2021 08:17:11

    Arthur Shields at Wikipedia.

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    suckindeesel

    • 20/Apr/2021 08:21:20

    Bio on IMDb www.imdb.com/name/nm0793168/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

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    Niall McAuley

    • 20/Apr/2021 08:23:01

    There surely can't be two Harry C. Phibbses? Here is a statement to the Bureau of Military History 1913-21 by at least one Harry C. Phibbs.

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    Niall McAuley

    • 20/Apr/2021 08:28:15

    Arthur Shields aged 15 in the 1911 census, and Harry Phibbs aged 30.

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    ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq

    • 20/Apr/2021 08:57:30

    Here is an oddity via Trove ... Evidently the 'Irish Players' toured Australia in 1922 (11 years before this photo), and included J. M. Synge's 'The Playboy of the Western World' (1907) with Arthur Shields as the Playboy. Interesting to read the contemporary reviews in the newspapers.

    ... Arthur Shields presents the central role of the play-boy (idler) from West Ireland, with an admirable realisation of the youthful vanity and eloquence of the selfish, lonesome fugitive who wins all the races on the sands, and is adored by the girls. There was a charming scene which owed much to the winsome qualities of the brown-eyed Mair O'Neill, wherein the young poet drew a picture of her after their wedding, "the light o' seven heavens shinin' in her heart" while the girl cooed forth her faith that he was "drawing nearer and nearer to her, like the star o' Gold!" There was no marriage.
    From - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16006272?searchTerm=Ar... Also - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245740763?searchTerm=A...

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    ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq

    • 20/Apr/2021 09:10:28

    Flickr is sometimes amazing! 'Gentleman Jim' in 1942, via https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/7196506352/

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    suckindeesel

    • 20/Apr/2021 11:56:48

    Acted in many movies, here's a brief glimpse, at 1:17, from the trailer for The River www.imdb.com/video/vi3446867737?ref_=nmvi_vi_imdb_2

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    O Mac

    • 20/Apr/2021 18:13:08

    Played the Rev Playfair in the Quiet Man. flic.kr/p/afHZSd

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    oaktree_brian_1976

    • 21/Apr/2021 11:50:35

    Taken May 16, 2091? The Delorean is getting used to collect photos.

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    National Library of Ireland on The Commons

    • 22/Apr/2021 10:22:33

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Do excuse our slippage through a hole in the space-time continuum. Back in 1933 now.

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    manwithacamera2008

    • 24/Apr/2021 05:49:34

    Doctor in "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"

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    skipper cate

    • 04/Jan/2022 01:17:52

    😂