The Playboy of The Western World
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jul 2, 2002
Closed Sep 8, 2002
Opened Jul 2, 2002
Closed Sep 8, 2002
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With its strong collection of extraordinary characters and mythically beautiful language, The Playboy Of The Western World ranks among the finest Irish classic romantic comedies. Set in Ireland's Country Mayo at the turn of the century, J.M. Synge's play follows the rise and fall of Christy Mahon, who earns the adoration of the locals when he recites a wild and scandalous tale of his father's murder. As Christy rides the crest of his popularity, winning not only the games and races at the village fair but also the hand of the fiery redhead Pegeen Mike, the truth rears its ugly head as his father storms into the midst of the celebration in a bloody rage and vows revenge.
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Riots broke out in Dublin when J.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World was first produced by the Abbey Players in 1907. This dark comedy of the Irish soul did not sit well with the more prideful patrons of the Abbey.
After all, a play in which the inhabitants of an Irish village first admire a young stranger for killing his Da, then turn on him when they discover the boy botched the job, is not an advertisement for Irish morality. Worse, a young woman whom we come to admire for her fierce, independent thinking first falls in love with our murderous hero and then cruelly rejects him when his father shows up to bring the boy home. In the play's most shocking moment, despite the you[...]