John Millington Synge

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Standard Name: Synge, John Millington
Indexed Name: J. M. Synge
JMS began publishing early in the twentieth century under the influence of the Irish revival. During his short life he wrote several plays that have remained in the repertoire, while his study of the Aran Islands (a blend of travel writing, folklore, and cultural antholopology) has been equally durable and influential.
Photograph of oil painting of John Millington Synge, with a gold frame. Synge is wearing a black suit and vest, black tie, and white collared shirt, and he is looking directly at the viewer. His hands appear to be adjusting his suit.

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Textual Production Augusta Gregory
Lady Gregory found this play very difficult to write, and turned to both Yeats and Synge for help. Her own later diagnosis was, I think I kept too closely to history.
qtd. in
Saddlemyer, Ann, and Augusta Gregory. “Foreword and History of First Productions”. The Tragedies and Tragic Comedies of Lady Gregory, Colin Smythe, 1970, p. v - xiii.
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The play was...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Augusta Gregory
The volume includes detailed accounts of the Abbey 's encounters with English and Irish censorship, including the struggles over Shaw 's The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet and Synge 's The Playboy of the Western World...
Travel Augusta Gregory
Their production of Synge 's The Playboy of the Western World caused a good deal of commotion. At New York a rowdy audience threw items such as eggs, potatoes, and watches at the actors. The...

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