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The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays by J. M. Synge, William Butler Yeats and Sean O'Casey

The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays

By J. M. Synge, William Butler Yeats and Sean O’Casey
Introduction by W. A. Armstrong

By J. M. Synge, William Butler Yeats and Sean O’Casey
Introduction by W. A. Armstrong

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May 01, 1997 | ISBN 9780140188783

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About The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays

 

The plays that helped make modern Ireland

Riots 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 fruit cake were hurled at the actors during subsequent performances, and it seems unlikely that much of the actual play could have been heard in the uproar. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World, with the two other plays in this volume, Yeats’s The Countess Cathleen (1892) and O’Casey’s Cock-a-doodle Dandy (1949), mark vital stages in the rich explosion of Irish drama that first made itself heard at the turn of the century and gathered momentum during the Easter Rising of 1916 and the Civil War.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

About J. M. Synge

John Millington Synge was born in 1871 into an old Anglo-Irish family. Due to ill health he was educated mainly by… More about J. M. Synge

About William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was born in Dublin. Yeats was educated in London and in Dublin, but he spent his summers… More about William Butler Yeats

About Sean O’Casey

Sean O’Casey was born in Dublin in 1880. In 1926 he moved to England. He discouraged any professional performances of… More about Sean O’Casey

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Category: Literary Collections | Literary Criticism

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May 01, 1997 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9780140188783

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