General John Regan is a comedy play by the Irish writer George A. Birmingham.
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, closely modelled on Bernardo O'Higgins.
It premiered at the Apollo Theatre in London on 8 January 1913 where it had a long run.
When it was first staged at Westport, Ireland it provoked a riot as the crowd objected to the depiction of what they felt was a mocking representation of their town[2] (where the writer served as an Anglican clergyman).
In 1933 a sound version General John Regan was made starring Henry Edwards and Chrissie White.