J. M Synge

Playboy of the Western World (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1979. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 94
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134897438
• Artikelnr.: 39179457

Autorenporträt

John Millington Synge (1871-1909) was probably the greatest of the dramatists associated with the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, during its heyday in the early years of this century. He was born near Dublin, the son of a barrister, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He first studied music, in Ireland and in Germany, and then turned to literary criticism in Paris. There he was discovered by W.B.Yeats, who persuaded him to write about Ireland and take part in the 'Celtic renaissance' movement. By living amongst the fishermen of the Aran Islands, and in other parts of Ireland, he absorbed Irish folklore, and gave it dramatic form and a rich verbal expression. The Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the Sea are his best-known plays, the first a three-act comedy of Irish character, the second a tragedy in one act. When the Playboy was first produced in Dublin it caused an uproar and the police had to be called in more than once. Patriots considered it 'a slander on the fair name of Ireland'. But Synge was too truthful a dramatist to care about national feelings. His plays were drawn from life, and his own poetic imagination.