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The story of Christy Mahon, a timid peasant youth who is bullied, then rebels. This play of passion, and savage humour disturbed the first audiences at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1907 and led to riots.
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The Playboy of the Western World, John Millington Synge
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- Released
- 1997
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Millington Synge
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 138
- ISBN10
- 0713643226
- ISBN13
- 9780713643220
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, True Stories, Classics, Death, Gifts for women, Theatre Plays, Ireland, Mourning, Selected works, Irish Literature, Disappearance, Sad, Tragicomedy, Irish Dramas
- First published
- 1907
- Original title
- The Playboy of the Western World
- Rating
- 3.55 out of 5
- Description
- The story of Christy Mahon, a timid peasant youth who is bullied, then rebels. This play of passion, and savage humour disturbed the first audiences at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1907 and led to riots.