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W B Yeats J.M. Synge The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other (Paperback). Author: W B Yeats, J.M. Synge, Sean O'Casey. Title: The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays. Format: Paperback. Condition: New. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB. EAN: 9780140188783. Further DetailsTitle: The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays Condition: New Author: W B Yeats, J.M. Synge, Sean O'Casey Contributor: W. A. Armstrong (Introduction by) Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0140188789 EAN: 9780140188783 ISBN: 9780140188783 Publisher: Penguin Classics Genre: Poetry & Drama Release Date: 07/30/2009 Description: A murderer becomes the toast of the village as his charm negates his crime. A young countess saves her tenants from starvation, but only by selling her soul to the Devil. The sleepy parish of Nyadnanave sees a vision of a cockerel that dares the inhabitants to break the shackles of Church and State. All these plays were met with moral outrage and rioting in their native Ireland.Yeats's 'The Countess Cathleen' (1892), J. M. Synge's 'The Playboy of the Western World' (1907) and O'Casey's 'Cock-a-doodle Dandy' (1949) emerged from a period of traumatic change for Ireland. While the plays bear witness to the immmense social upheavals of the turn of the twentieth century, they also represent a new age of Irish drama that rose from the turmoil, and their lessons ring true to this day. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Item Width: 13mm Item Weight: 168g Release Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
