The Playboy of the Western World by John M Synge

The Playboy of the Western World by John M Synge

Synge's masterpiece about a father, a son, a woman in love and a tragedy.

John Millington Synge was born in 1871 in Rathfarnham, County Dublin. His father was a barrister and his mother the daughter of a County Cork rector. He studied languages and music at Trinity College, Dublin and decided to become a professional musician on graduation. In Germany he continued his studies, but began to have doubts about his choice of career. He moved to Paris where in 1896 he met W. B. Yeats, who advised him to give up Paris and return to Ireland. He even suggested where Synge might find the inspiration to write – the Aran Islands. In 1898 Synge visited the Aran Islands for the first time. Here he listened and noted the speech of the islanders. It was, in translation, to be the pattern for the dialogue of his plays. In 1902 he wrote two plays, In the Shadow of the Glen and Riders on the Sea. Three years later The Well of the Saints was produced. He was now established as a playwright. His fourth play, The Playboy of the Western World was produced at the Abbey Theatre in 1907 and provoked an immediate riot and continuing controversy. He was at this time a sick man, but lived to write two more plays, The Tinker’s Wedding and Deirdre of the Sorrows. He died in March 1909.

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ISBN 13	9780853424062
ISBN 10	0853424063
Title	The Playboy of the Western World
Author	John M Synge
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The Mercier Press Ltd
Year published	1986-01-01
Number of pages	96
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