The Playboy of the Western World
By John Millington Synge
Performed by Cyril Cusack , Siobhán McKenna , and a full cast
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ISBN: 9789629547783
Bad plays are hissed; good plays are cheered. There are few occasions when a play is so controversial as to unleash violent passions and cause a serious riot at its premier. The Playboy of the Western World was just such a play. One of the best-known Irish playwrights, John Millington Synge, premiered The Playboy of the Western World in 1907 at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. This morbid comedy deals with the moment of glory of a peasant boy who becomes a hero in a strange village when he boasts of having just killed his father—but who loses the villagers’ respect when his father turns up alive. The play’s unsentimental treatment of Irishmen provoked controversy, eventually resulting in the infamous “Playboy riots.” The Playboy of the Western World has been recorded and adapted many times, but this timeless recording stars the Irish actors who made it a classic, including Siobhan McKenna and Cyril Cusack.
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Summary
Summary
Bad plays are hissed; good plays are cheered. There are few occasions when a play is so controversial as to unleash violent passions and cause a serious riot at its premier. The Playboy of the Western World was just such a play.
One of the best-known Irish playwrights, John Millington Synge, premiered The Playboy of the Western World in 1907 at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. This morbid comedy deals with the moment of glory of a peasant boy who becomes a hero in a strange village when he boasts of having just killed his father—but who loses the villagers’ respect when his father turns up alive. The play’s unsentimental treatment of Irishmen provoked controversy, eventually resulting in the infamous “Playboy riots.”
The Playboy of the Western World has been recorded and adapted many times, but this timeless recording stars the Irish actors who made it a classic, including Siobhan McKenna and Cyril Cusack.
Author
Author Bio: J. M. Synge
John Millington Synge (1871—1909) was a poetic dramatist of great power and a leading figure in the Irish literary renaissance. After studying at Trinity College and at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin, he pursued further studies from 1893 to 1897 in Germany, Italy, and France. His travels along the Irish west coast inspired his most famous play, The Playboy of the Western World.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Runtime: | 1.45 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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