The Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays
Subtitle: Riders to the Sea; The Shadow of the Glen; The Tinker's Wedding; The Well of the Saints; The Playboy ... Deirdre of the Sorrows (World's Classics)
Contributors: Ann Saddlemyer (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: June 29, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780198121558
Subjects: Drama texts: 19th century; Drama texts: from c 1900 -; Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909; Drama; Plays / Drama; Literature: Classics; Literary Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
First sentence: It must have been on Synge's second visit to the Aran Islands that he had the experience out of which was wrought what many believe to be his greatest play.