J. M. Synge Books
Playboy of the Western World
By J. M. Synge
In the stormy years before Ireland at last gained her independence a brilliant revival of Irish drama took place and culminated in the foundation of the Abbey Theatre in 1904. Of those who helped t...
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The Aran Islands
The foremost account of Ireland's cultural and spiritual heritageIn 1907 J. M. Synge achieved both notoriety and lasting fame with The Playboy of the Western World. The Aran Islands, published in t...
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The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays
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The plays that helped make modern IrelandRiots greeted the first performance of The Playboy of the Western World at Dublin's Abbey Theatre on 26 January 1907. Eggs, potatoes and even a slice of fr...
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