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Edmund John Millington Synge (/ s ɪ ŋ /; 16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, writer, collector of folklore, and a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival.
This is a list of playwrights either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship. ... John Millington Synge (1871–1909) Colin Teevan (born 1968) Colm Tóibín ...
John Synge may refer to: John Lighton Synge (1897–1995), Irish mathematician and physicist John Millington Synge (1871–1909), Irish dramatist, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore
John Millington may refer to: John Millington (professor) (1779–1868), professor of mechanics at the Royal Institution, 1817–1829; John Millington (rugby league) (born 1949), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s; John Millington Synge, Irish playwright and poet
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John Millington Synge was an Irish dramatist, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre . He is best known for the play The Playboy of the Western World , which caused riots in Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey.
19 March – Schofield Haigh, cricketer (died 1921) 28 March – R. Silyn Roberts, Welsh socialist and pacifist writer (died 1930) 16 April – John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist (died 1909) 11 June – Walter Cowan, admiral (died 1956) 3 July – W. H. Davies, poet (died 1940) 4 July – Hubert Cecil Booth, engineer and inventor (died 1955)
Sara Allgood as Maurya, photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1938. Riders to the Sea is a play written by Irish Literary Renaissance playwright John Millington Synge.It was first performed on 25 February 1904 at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, by the Irish National Theater Society with Helen Laird playing Maurya.