The Playboy of the Western World

The Playboy of the Western World PDF Author: J. M. Synge
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Playboy of the Western World" (A Comedy in Three Acts) by J. M. Synge. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Playboy of the Western World

The Playboy of the Western World PDF Author: J. M. Synge
Publisher: Blurb
ISBN: 9780368291593
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 58

Book Description
This edition of The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge is given by Ashed Phoenix - Million Book Edition

The Playboy of the Western World

The Playboy of the Western World PDF Author: Christopher Collins
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317271882
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 94

Book Description
‘I’m thinking this night wasn’t I a foolish fellow not to kill my father in years gone by.’ – Christy Mahon On the first night of J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World (1907) the audience began protesting in the theatre; by the third night the protests had spilled onto the streets of Dublin. How did one play provoke this? Christopher Collins addresses The Playboy ’s satirical treatment of illusion and realism in light of Ireland’s struggle for independence, as well as Synge’s struggle for artistic expression. By exploring Synge’s unpublished diaries, drafts and notebooks, he seeks to understand how and why the play came to be. This volume invites the reader behind the scenes of this inflammatory play and its first performances, to understand how and why Synge risked everything in the name of art.

The Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays

The Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays PDF Author: J. M. Synge
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101154004
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description
Though he completed only five plays in his short lifetime, J. M. Synge, co-founder of the Abbey Theater, ranks as one of Ireland’s greatest playwrights. Rescuing the Irish peasant from a romanticized stereotype, his plays capture the essence of the Irish spirit in both his realistic characters and his unique language. In the Shadow of the Glen Synge’s first play (1903), based on an Irish folktale, combines the macabre with broad comedy, as an elderly husband fakes his death to test his discontented young wife’s fidelity. Rider to the Sea The greatest short tragedy in modern drama, this moving one-act play from 1904 depicts a peasant woman who has lost her husband and sons, one by one, to the raging sea. The Playboy of the Western World Synge’s satirical masterpiece, produced in 1907, is one of the great comedies of Irish life. A young stranger enraptures villagers with claims of killing his father. In classic Synge style it combines the real versus the fanciful, the traditional versus the individual.

The Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays

The Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays PDF Author: J. M. Synge
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781420965599
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
J. M. Synge, an Irish poet, playwright, and prose writer, was also one of the cofounders of the storied Abbey Theatre. Synge was known as a strange and enigmatic man, quiet and reserved, not even understood by his own family members. After graduating from school, Synge decided to pursue music, but his shy nature prevented him from performing, causing him to turn to literature as a creative outlet. When it opened at the Abbey Theatre in 1907, his most acclaimed play, "The Playboy of the Western World", met with rioting and chaos, as it garnered a very hostile reaction from the Irish public. Arthur Griffith, an Irish nationalist, described the play as "a vile and inhuman story told in the foulest language we have ever listened to from a public platform." Synge who suffered from Hodgkin's disease, and died shortly before his 38th birthday, is best remembered for his dramatic works. His complete plays are collected together here in this volume. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

The Playboy of the Western World

The Playboy of the Western World PDF Author: John Millington Synge
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368310364
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114

Book Description
Reproduction of the original.

The Playboy of the West Indies

The Playboy of the West Indies PDF Author: Mustapha Matura
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786826461
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 83

Book Description
Based on J M Synge’s Playboy of the Western World. Playboy of the West Indies opened at the Oxford Playhouse in 1984 and subsequently toured the UK finishing at the Tricycle Theatre in London. It has also enjoyed huge success in the United States, most notably at The Court Theatre, Chicago; Arena Stage, Washington; New Jersey and Yale Rep. The Court Theatre Chicago's production was nominated for four Jefferson Awards. There was an extremely successful revival of the play at the Lincoln Center, New York in 1993. Mustapha also wrote the television adaptation, screened on BBC2 in 1985. The play was recently revived at the Tricycle Theatre and the Nottingham Playhouse.
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