Title: The playboy of the western world
Subtitle: A comedy in three acts.
First published: 1907
Description: In writing THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, as in my other plays, I have used one or two words only that I have not heard among the country people of Ireland, or spoken in my own nursery before I could read the newspapers.  A certain number of the phrases I employ I have heard also from herds and fishermen along the coast from Kerry to Mayo, or from beggar-women and balladsingers nearer Dublin; and I am glad to acknowledge how much I owe to the folk imagination of these fine people.
Subjects: Drama, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), English literature
Places: Ireland