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The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge was first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 26 January 1907. It is set in Michael James Flaherty's public house in Mayo during the early 1900s. It tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm, claiming he killed his father.

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His best known play The Playboy of the Western World was poorly received, due to its bleak ending, depiction of Irish peasants, and idealisation of parricide, leading to hostile audience reactions and riots in Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey Theatre. 2/2

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John Millington Synge was born on 16th April in Rathfarnham, County Dublin, the youngest of eight children of upper-middle-class Protestant parents. He was an Irish playwright, poet, writer, collector of folklore, and a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival. 1/2

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Fuair John Millington Synge, drámadóir, file agus scríbhneoir bás ar 24 Márta 1909 in aois a 37 i mBaile Átha Cliath.

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Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste, ach bíonn Gaeilge chliste níos fearr arís. Ceartaigh mé.

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Synge developed an interest in Irish antiquities and the Aran Islands, and became a member of the Irish League for a year. He left the League because, as he told Maud Gonne, "my theory of regeneration for Ireland differs from yours ... I wish to work on my own for the cause of Ireland, and I shall never be able to do so if I get mixed up with a revolutionary and semi-military movement." 2/2

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John Millington Synge, playwright, poet, writer and collector of folklore, died on 24th March 1909 aged 37 of Hodgkin lymphoma in Dublin. Although he came from a wealthy Anglo-Irish background, his writings mainly concern working-class Catholics in rural Ireland. 1/2

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The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge was first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 26 January 1907. It is set in Michael James Flaherty's public house in Mayo during the early 1900s. It tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm, claiming he killed his father.

#Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishTheatre #ThePlayboyOfTheWesternWorld #JohnMillingtonSynge #AbbeyTheatre #Dublin #Mayo

His best known play The Playboy of the Western World was poorly received, due to its bleak ending, depiction of Irish peasants, and idealisation of parricide, leading to hostile audience reactions and riots in Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey Theatre. 2/2

#Ireland #IrishHistory #JohnMillingtonSynge #IrishTheatre #AbbeyTheatre #ThePlayboyOfTheWesternWorld #OnThisDay

John Millington Synge was born on 16th April in Rathfarnham, County Dublin, the youngest of eight children of upper-middle-class Protestant parents. He was an Irish playwright, poet, writer, collector of folklore, and a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival. 1/2

#Ireland #IrishHistory #JohnMillingtonSynge #IrishTheatre #AbbeyTheatre #ThePlayboyOfTheWesternWorld #OnThisDay

John Millington Synge, playwright, poet, writer and collector of folklore, died on 24th March 1909 of Hodgkin lymphoma aged 37.

#Ireland #IrishTheatre #JohnMillingtonSynge #OnThisDay

The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge was first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 26 January 1907. It is set in Michael James Flaherty's public house in Mayo during the early 1900s. It tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm, claiming he killed his father.

#Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishTheatre #ThePlayboyOfTheWesternWorld #JohnMillingtonSynge #AbbeyTheatre #Dublin #Mayo