{"product_id":"the-playboy-of-the-western-world-9781350155497","title":"The Playboy of the Western World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis revised edition of the play is published alongside commentary and notes by Christopher Collins, Assistant Professor of Drama at the University of Nottingham, UK. It includes information for today's students on the play's context; themes; dramatic devices; production history; critical reception; academic debate; and ideas for further study. It also includes interviews with practitioners involved in major recent productions of the play. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDescribed by J.M. Synge as \"a comedy, an extravaganza, made to use\", \u003ci\u003eThe Playboy of the Western World\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most iconic plays to have come out of Ireland in the 20th century and is today recognised as a staple of the dramatic canon. It is published as a new Student Edition, which offers a 21st century lens on a play over 100 years old. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen it was first performed in 1907 at Dublin's Abbey Theatre, Synge's play provoked uproar and was interrupted more than once by the police. Today, we recognise its importance in making Irish drama the force it became in the early 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Millington Synge\u003c\/b\u003e (1871-1909) is widely regarded as the greatest ever Irish dramatist. The lives of the people of Connemara and the Aran Islands were brought to life through his six great plays: \u003ci\u003eIn The Shadow of the Glen \u003c\/i\u003e(1903), \u003ci\u003eRiders to the Sea \u003c\/i\u003e(1904), \u003ci\u003e The Well of the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e (1905), \u003ci\u003eThe Playboy of the Western World\u003c\/i\u003e (1907), \u003ci\u003eThe Tinkers' Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e (1908), and his unfinished mythological drama \u003ci\u003eDeirdre of the Sorrows \u003c\/i\u003e(performed posthumously in 1910). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Collins\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Drama at the University of Nottingham, UK. He received his Ph.D from Trinity College Dublin and works primarily on the plays of J.M. Synge. His publications include contributing to \u003ci\u003eThe Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJ.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50915740123410,"sku":"9781350155497","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f24ceb5-6f3b-4f87-875d-5c40282a2d55.jpg?v=1738828290","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-playboy-of-the-western-world-9781350155497","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}