John Millington Synge

The Playboy of the Western World John Millington Synge Graphyco Annotated edition

"There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting."

The Playboy of the Western World is a three-act play written by John Millington Synge and first performed at the Abbey Theatre. The play tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm, claiming he killed his father. John Millington Synge (1871-1909) was an Irish prose writer, playwright and poet who also collected folklore. He became a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre.