1st Edition

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

By Christopher Collins Copyright 2016
90 Pages
by Routledge

90 Pages
by Routledge

90 Pages
by Routledge

‘I’m thinking this night wasn’t I a foolish fellow not to kill my father in years gone by.’ – Christy Mahon On the first night of J. M. Synge ’s The Playboy of the Western World (1907) the audience began protesting in the theatre; by the third night the protests had spilled onto the streets of Dublin. How did one play provoke this? Christopher Collins addresses The Playboy ’s... Read more

Introduction  1. Context  2. Play  3. Performance  Conclusion  Bibliography

Biography

Christopher Collins is Assistant Professor of Drama at Nottingham University.