His fiancée, Molly Allgood
, stayed away from his funeral, as she had told him she would.
Benson, Eugene. J. M. Synge. Macmillan, 1982.
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Family and Intimate relationships
John Millington Synge
When JMS
was thirty-five, in 1905, a nineteen-year-old actress named Molly Allgood
joined the Abbey Theatre company and became his muse. Their relationship was tempestuous: Synge was often ill and often jealous.
Benson, Eugene. J. M. Synge. Macmillan, 1982.
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In only...
Textual Production
John Millington Synge
He wrote the role of the female protagonist, Pegeen Mike, explicitly for his fiancée, actress Molly Allgood
. The play was published this year in Dublin by Maunsel and Roberts
and in London by George Allen and Unwin
