1871 – John Millington Synge, poet, playwright, and student of Irish language and culture, is born in Dublin.

16/04/2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

Birth of Irish playwright, poet and author John Millington Synge in Rathfarnham, Co Dublin. Synge was one of the leading lights of what was known as the Irish Literary Revival and along with William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory, founding members of the Abbey Theatre. His most famous work is The Playboy of the Western […]

1907 – John Millington Synge’s, ‘Playboy of the Western World’ is performed for the first time at the Abbey Theatre.

26/01/2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

John Millington Synge’s ‘Playboy of the Western World’ opens at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin to riots, literally! What happened is best described by two telegrams Yeats (a founder of the Abbey) received while he was in Aberdeen from a fellow Abbey supporter Lady Gregory. Telegram one read “Play a great success.” Two acts later, she […]

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1871 – John Millington Synge, poet, playwright, and student of Irish language and culture, is born in Dublin.

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