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Edmund John Millington Synge (/ s ... 16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet ... County Cork, who died in 1847 during the Great Irish Famine.
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 ...
Deirdre of the Sorrows is a three-act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge in 1909. The play, based on Irish mythology, in particular the myths concerning Deirdre, Naoise, and Conchobar, was unfinished at the author's death on 24 March 1909.
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.
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.