INTRODUCTION A chapter in the history of the Irish Theatre was closed in 1907, when The Playboy of the Western World was produced, bringing in its train notoriety, fame and a relative degree of popular success. The recognition of the genius of J. M. Synge was the culminating point in the movement for the creation of a national folk-drama which he had initiated in the company of Lady Gregory, Padraic Colum and William Boyle. These were the pioneers of the peasant play and each contributed a definite element to that type of drama, marking the limitations within which it was to develop. As a result of the enhanced prestige of the Theatre and of the extension of its influence, a great number of new playwrights came forward, including several whose names were to attain a prominence which has obscured the prior claims of their predecessors, the dramatists, who laid the foundations of the success enjoyed by the Abbey Theatre after the death of Synge in 1909. A convention had been created and
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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
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