The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays

by J.M. Synge, Seán O'Casey, W.B. Yeats

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140188789
• ISBN13: 9780140188783
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Excellent sample

I bought this for the O'Casey play and found it lived up to expectations. What I wasn't expecting to enjoy so much was Synge's "Playboy". Whereas O'Casey and Yeats here require some familiarity with the society and politics of Ireland of the time, Synge's play is a brilliant riot in any setting. Throw in one of Behan's plays and perhaps something from Martin McDonagh and you have an excellent sample of Irish drama of the last century.