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The Devil's Disciple

play by George Bernard Shaw
VisualArtwork dramatic_work Q2072045
The Devil's Disciple
Creator: Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950; Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), sponsor; United States. Work Projects Administration, sponsor · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

The Devil's Disciple is a dramatic work[1]. It draws 297 Wikipedia views per month (dramatic work category, ranking #129 of 285).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: George Bernard Shaw[3]
  • Genre: melodrama[4]
  • Followed by: Caesar and Cleopatra[5]
  • Commons category: The Devil's Disciple (play)[6]
  • Language of work or name: English[7]
  • Inception: 1896[8]
  • Main subject: capital punishment[9], American Revolutionary War[10]
  • Date of first performance: 1897[11]
  • Form of creative work: play[12]

Why It Matters

The Devil's Disciple has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

George Bernard Shaw

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1896-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → dramatic work
    Form of creative work → play
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