The Tinker's Wedding

By J.M. Synge

Book Overview

The Tinker's Wedding is a play by Irish playwright John M. Synge, first performed in 1908. The play tells the story of a young Irish Traveller couple, Michael and Sarah Casey, who want to get married despite the objections of their families and the wider community. Michael is a tinker, or itinerant metalworker, and Sarah is a farmer's daughter. Their love for each other is strong, but they face many obstacles as they try to make their relationship official.The play is set against the backdrop of rural Ireland in the early 20th century, and explores themes of love, class, tradition, and the clash between rural and urban cultures. The characters are vividly drawn, from the fiery and determined Sarah to the wily and cunning Michael, and the dialogue is rich in Irish dialect and colloquialisms.Despite its controversial subject matter and frank depiction of the lives of Irish Travellers, The Tinker's Wedding was a critical success and helped establish Synge as one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival. Today, it is considered a classic of Irish drama and a powerful commentary on the social and cultural issues of its time.MICHAEL. A poor way only, Sarah Casey, for it's the divil's job making a ring, and you'll be having my hands destroyed in a short while the way I'll not be able to make a tin can at all maybe at the dawn of day.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1162710470
• ISBN13: 9781162710471
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 38 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.5" x 9.3"