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J.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World

By Collins , John Millington , Christopher;Synge

Book information

Publisher
Taylor and Francis;Routledge
Year
2016
ISBN
9781138194694, 9781315638720, 131563872X, 9781317271871, 1317271874, 9781317271888, 1317271882, 9781317271895, 1317271890
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
203 kB (207877 bytes)
Series
The Fourth Wall
Edition
First edition
Pages
\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Context -- Play -- Performance.;"On the first night of J.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World the audience began rioting in the theatre; by the third night the riots had spilled onto the streets of Dublin. How did one play provoke this? Christopher Collins addresses The Playboy's satirical treatment of illusion and realism in light of Ireland's struggle for independence, as well as Synge's struggle for artistic expression. By exploring Synge's unpublished diaries, drafts and notebooks, he seeks to understand how and why the play came to be. This volume invites the reader behind the scenes of this inflammatory play and its first performances, to understand how and why Synge risked everything in the name of art."-- Context -- Play -- Performance.

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