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John Millington Synge
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Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore (1871-1909)
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John Millington Synge was an Irish male playwright, poet, writer, and librettist who wrote in the English language. He was educated at the University of Paris and the Royal Irish Academy of Music. His notable works include the plays *Riders to the Sea* and *The Playboy of the Western World*, as well as *Tinker's Wedding* and *In the Shadow of the Glen*. He is also associated with the collection *Complete Plays of John M. Synge*.
Synge was born in Rathfarnham on April 16, 1871, and died in Dublin on March 24, 1909. His death resulted from lymphoma under natural circumstances. He is buried at Mount Jerome Cemetery. His relative was John Lighton Synge.
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- 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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- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Rathfarnham
- Place of death
- Dublin
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Educated at
- Royal Irish Academy of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Playboy of the Western World
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- John Millington Synge
- date of birth
- 1871-04-16
- date of death
- 1909-03-24
- cause of death
- lymphoma
- manner of death
- natural causes
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- John Millington Synge
- ethnic group
- Irish people
- place of burial
- Mount Jerome Cemetery
- writing language
- English language
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- John Millington Synge
- relative
- John Lighton Synge
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- John Millington Synge
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to John Millington Synge, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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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