General John Regan by George A. Birmingham (real name: Rev. J. O. Hannay), starring Leonard Boyne the popular Irish actor. First produced at the Apollo Theatre, London on 9th January 1913. The inscription on the plinth says: ?General John Regan. Patriot. Statesman. Warrior?. A confidence trickster convinces a small Irish town that a statue ought to be erected to one of its natives who is claimed to have led the independence movement of a South American country. Birmingham turned the play into a novel the same year, and dedicated it to the star, Charles Hawtrey.