Edited by William E Hart, this edition contains The Playboy of the Western World with Synge's own 'Preface' and Riders to the Sea in one volume. Intended for performance and study, the plays are well annotated and the introduction includes discussions of the play's riotous reception and 'The Irish Dramatic Movement'. Also included are a list of principal dates in the life of J M Synge and a bibliography.

Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the Sea

Synge, John Millington

Unwin Hyman

The Aran Islands of Aranmor, Inishmaan, and Inishere lie thirty miles from Galway, and so attracted J.M.Synge that he returned to them time and time again. He here recounts his travels and encounters on the islands, telling of magic wells, poteen drinkers, fishing expeditions in currachs, and stories of druids and fairies. The book includes fourteen of Synge's own photographs, depicting many fascinating aspects of island life.

The Aran Islands

SKELTON, Robin

Reference

Oxford Univ. Pr.

'This authoritative edition adds a dimension to our understanding of John Millington Synge...annotated in generous detail.' British Book News 'it is good to have all this material brought together, splendidly elucidated by Professor Saddlemyer's notes.' London Review of Books 'a model of editorial scholarship.' Times Higher Education Supplement

The Collected Letters of John Millington Synge: Volume 1: 1871-1907 (Collected Letters of John Millington Synge, 1871-1907)

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Oxford University Press

The correspondence of the distinguished Irish author, J.M. Synge, portrays his life, his career as a playwright, and his involvement in the running of the Abbey Theatre

The Collected Letters of John Millington Synge: Volume 2: 1907-1909

The Playboy of the Western World. a Comedy in Three Acts

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Franklin Classics

New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume includes: The playtext, in modern spelling, edited to the highest bibliographical and textual standards Textual notes recording significant changes to the copytext and variant readings Glossing notes explaining obscure words and word-play Critical, contextual and staging notes Photographs of productions where applicable A full introduction which provides a critical account of the play, the staging conventions of the time and recent stage history; discusses authorship, date, sources and the text; and gives guidance for further reading. Edited and updated by leading scholars and printed in a clear, easy-to-use format, New Mermaids offer invaluable guidance for actor, student, and theatre-goer alike.

The Playboy of the Western World (New Mermaid Series)

Kelsall, M. M.

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

A re-issue of the collected plays by one of Ireland's most celebrated writers 
 In The Shadow of the Glen an old man tests his wife's commitment by feigning death; Riders to the Sea is inspired by Synge's stay on the Aran Islands and shadows the death of a way of life as a mother sees her sons die before her eyes; The Tinker's Wedding is about a woman's desire for marriage to her tinker husband and is full of Synge's fascination for the tinker breed who had freed themselves from govenment and conventions while giving way to instincts of sexual promsicuity, fighting and drinking; The Well of Saints is set near a holy well known for its cures of blindness and epilepsy and centres on the figure of Martin Doul, who is blind and has two illusions - the first, that he and his wife Mary are a handsome couple and the second, that the visible world is full of wonder and delight; The Playboy of the Western World, in which a young man lies about the death of his father offended audiences when first produced in 1907 on account of its 'immodest' references to Irish womanhood and aroused a prolonged and bitter controversy, which lasted until the author's death in 1909; Deirdre of the Sorrows is Synge's last play, published posthumously and tells the story of a young and beautiful girl, destined to be the bride of an ageing king who elopes with a younger man and after the magical seven years returns only to bring with her the destruction of a city.

Synge: Complete Plays: In the Shadow of the Glen; Riders to the Sea; The Tinker's Wedding; The Well of the Saints; The Playboy of the Western World; Deirdre of the Sorrows (World Classics)

Methuen Drama

The most famous and infamous play by Ireland's best loved (and hated) playwright 
The Playboy of the Western World, offended audiences when first produced in 1907, on account of its 'immodest' references to Irish womanhood and aroused a prolonged and bitter controversy, which lasted until the author's death in 1909.
In the play Christy Mahon stumbles into the Flaherty's tavern claiming to have killed his father. He is praised for his boldness, and he and the barmaid Pegeen fall in love to the dismay of her betrothed, Shawn. The Widow Quin tries to seduce him to no avail, but eventually his father, who was only wounded, tracks Christy to the tavern, and Christy attacks him again. Old Mahon falls, and the townsfold, afraid of being implicated, bind Christy, but he is freed when his father crawls inside. Christy leaves to wander the world with a newfound confidence, and Pegeen laments betraying and losing him.

The Playboy of the Western World (Student Editions)

Worrall, Non

Plays, Poems and Prose (Everyman's Library)

History & Criticism

Everymans Library

This edition includes "The Shadow of the Glen", "Riders to the Sea" and four other plays, in addition to the "Playboy of the Western World". Also included are "Poems and Translations" and the complete text of "The Aran Islands", Synge's account of life off the Western coast of Ireland.

Collected Plays, Poems and the Aran Islands (Everyman's Library)

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