The playboy of the western world
The playboy of the western worldJ. M. Synge

The playboy of the western world (1907)

J. M. Synge

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In writing THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, as in my other plays, I have used one or two words only that I have not heard among the country people of Ireland, or spoken in my own nursery before I could read the newspapers. A certain number of the phrases I employ I have heard also from herds and fishermen along the coast from Kerry to Mayo, or from beggar-women and balladsingers nearer Dublin; and I am glad to acknowledge how much I owe to the folk imagination of these fine people.

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9781412172110
Length:
102 pages

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The dialogue is really engaging and it's well written and compelling but i sort of don't believe the main premise and conceit and i found it quite hard to really believe that everyone would react to this character and what he's done in the way that they do

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