The Shaughraun

Genre: Drama
Premiere: 1912. December 23.

Director: Sidney Olcott
Writer: Dion Boucicault Gene Gauntier
Starring: J.J. Clark George D. Melville George P. Lester J.P. McGowan

Robert Ffolliott is a young Irish lad who is done out of his land and sent off to a penal colony in Australia following false accusations by the greedy Kinchella. Conn the Shaughraun comes to his rescue, helps him to escape from the prison ship and return to Ireland where he is united with his sweetheart.