★★ THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD @nationaltheatre.org.uk - Spectacular revival of #Synge classic features #NicolaCoughlan and #SiobhánMcSweeney, and it's bright and breezy, but where’s the reality? asks @sierz.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/play...

#JohnMillingtonSynge was born on this day in 1871. We have this #FirstEdition 1931 #book about #Synge and #AngloIrish #literature. $35. #Booksky #IrishLit #DanielCorkery #Ireland #author

provincial fantasy. Several writers of the Irish Renaissance themselves (Lady #Gregory, William Butler #Yeats, John #Synge, George #Russell) were wealthy Anglo-Irish Protestants mining Irish peasant themes.“

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