{"product_id":"j-m-synges-the-playboy-of-the-western-world-9781138194694","title":"J. M. Synge's the Playboy of the Western World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christopher Collins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I'm thinking this night wasn't I a foolish fellow not to kill my father in years gone by.' - Christy Mahon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the first night of \u003cb\u003eJ. M. Synge\u003c\/b\u003e's \u003ci\u003eThe Playboy of the Western World \u003c\/i\u003e(1907) the audience began protesting in the theatre; by the third night the protests had spilled onto the streets of Dublin. How did one play provoke this? Christopher Collins addresses \u003ci\u003eThe Playboy \u003c\/i\u003e's satirical treatment of illusion and realism in light of Ireland's struggle for independence, as well as Synge's struggle for artistic expression. By exploring Synge's unpublished diaries, drafts and notebooks, he seeks to understand how and why the play came to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume invites the reader behind the scenes of this inflammatory play and its first performances, to understand how and why Synge risked everything in the name of art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45237741256855,"sku":"9781138194694","price":1079.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138194694.webp?v=1769217467","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/j-m-synges-the-playboy-of-the-western-world-9781138194694","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}