Large Format for easy reading. Although from a middle-class Protestant background, Synge's writings are mainly concerned with the world of the Roman Catholic peasants of rural Ireland. He is best known for his play The Playboy of the Western World, which caused riots in Dublin. His experiences on the Aran islands were to form the basis for many of his plays, including Riders to the Sea. Set in a cottage on Inishmaan, it is about a man whose body was washed up on the far away coast of Donegal, and who, by reason of certain peculiarities of dress, was suspected to be from the island.
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Editor of The Collected Letters of J. M. Synge (OUP, 2 vols, 1983, 1984), Ann Saddlemyer is Professor of English and Drama, and Master of Massey College at the University of Toronto.
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- The Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays: Riders to the Sea; The Shadow of the Glen; The Tinker's Wedding; The Well of the Saints; The Playboy ... of the Sorrows (Oxford World's Classics) by J. M. Synge in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- The Aran Islands (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) by J. M. Synge in Front Matter
- Synge and Irish Nationalism: The Precursor to Revolution by Nelson Ritschel on 20 pages
- The Aran Islands (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) by J. M. Synge on 9 pages
- A Colder Eye: The Modern Irish Writers by Professor Hugh Kenner on 4 pages
- A History of Irish Theatre 1601-2000 by Christopher Morash on 4 pages
- You Can Write a Play! (Applause Books) by Milton E. Polsky on page 21, page 88, and page 113
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