John Millington Synge
Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore (1871-1909)
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John Millington Synge was an Irish writer who created plays, poetry, and prose while also gathering folklore from his country. His work from the late 1800s and early 1900s is considered important to Irish literary and cultural history.
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- Born
- 1871-04-16
- Died
- 1909-03-24
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Playboy of the Western World
- Riders to the sea / La cavalcata al mare
- Complete Plays of John M. Synge
- Tinker's Wedding
- In the Shadow of the Glen
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- 224
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Edmund John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer and collector of folklore. He was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for his play The Playboy of the Western World, which caused riots in Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey Theatre. Although he came from an Anglo-Irish background, Synge's writings <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Milling
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Edmund John Millington Synge (/sɪŋ/; 16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909), popularly known as J. M. Synge, was an Irish playwright, poet, writer and collector of folklores. As a key figure of the Irish Literary Revival during the early 20th century, he is widely regarded by critics and scholars as the most prolific playwright in Irish literature of the Edwardian era, and by several of his peers, among them William Butler Yeats, .
His play The Playboy of the Western World (1907), one of his best-known works, was initially poorly received, due to its bleak ending, crude depiction of poor Irish peasants, and the idealisation of patricide, leading to hostile audience reactions and street riots in Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey Theatre, which he had co-founded with W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. His other major works include In the Shadow of the Glen (1903), Riders to the Sea (1904), The Well of the Saints (1905), and The Tinker's Wedding (1909). Most of his plays were known for their highly realistic depictions of Irish society and culture, and included plots, themes, landscapes, and settings drawn from places he visited during his travels.
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1871 births1909 deaths19th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights19th-century Irish male writers19th-century Irish poets20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights20th-century Irish male writers20th-century Irish poetsAbbey TheatreAlumni of the Royal Irish Academy of MusicAlumni of Trinity College DublinBurials at Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium