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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 ...
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.
The Playboy of the Western World is a three-act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge, first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 26 January 1907. It is set in Michael James Flaherty's public house in County Mayo during the early 1900s. It tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm, claiming ...
In 2005, the company presented DruidSynge, a production of all six plays of John Millington Synge as a day-long theatrical event, at the Galway Arts Festival to critical acclaim. [4] Several years later, Druid revived a trilogy of Tom Murphy 's plays ( Conversations on a Homecoming , A Whistle in the Dark and Famine ) entitled DruidMurphy ...
In the Shadow of the Glen, also known as The Shadow of the Glen, is a one-act play written by the Irish playwright J. M. Synge and first performed at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, on 8 October 1903. It was the first of Synge's plays to be performed on stage.
Lady Gregory pictured on the frontispiece to Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography (1913) Encouraged by the St Theresa's Hall success, Yeats, Lady Gregory, Æ, Martyn, and John Millington Synge founded the Irish National Theatre Society in 1903 with funding from Horniman. They were joined by actors and playwrights from Fay's company.