Editor's Picks: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Pygmalion and My Fair Lady (50th Anniversary Edition), American Musicals: The Complete Books and Lyrics of Sixteen Broadway Classics, Shakespeare in America: An Anthology from the Revolution to Now (LOA #251), Discover Book Picks from the CEO of Penguin Random House US. The Playboy of the Western World I N 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. Synge, J. M., "Preface to Playboy of the Western World," in The Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays, Oxford University Press, 1998, pp. The setting is a pub owned by Michael James Flaherty and has as its central character Christy Mahon. One has, on one side, Mallarme and Huysmans producing this literature; and on the other, Ibsen and Zola dealing with the reality of life in joyless and pallid words. In Ireland, those of us who know the people have the same privilege. J. M. S. January 21st, 1907. | ISBN 9780140188783 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 ballad-singers nearer Dublin; and I am glad to acknowledge how, much I owe to the folk imagination of these fine people. Yeats was educated in London and in Dublin, but he spent his summers… More about William Butler Yeats, Sean O’Casey was born in Dublin in 1880. One has, on one side, Mallarme and Huysmans producing this, literature; and on the other, Ibsen and Zola dealing with the reality of life in joyless and pallid words. When I was writing "The Shadow of the Glen," some years ago, I got more aid than any learning could have given me from a chink in the floor of the old Wicklow house where I was staying, that let me hear what was being said by the servant girls in the kitchen. 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. According to his viewpoint, the world of drama must be true to the real world we can both feel and experience. In a good play every speech should be as fully flavoured as a nut or apple, and such speeches cannot be written by anyone who works among people who have shut their lips on poetry. Anyone who has lived in real intimacy with the Irish peasantry will know that the wildest sayings and ideas in this play are tame indeed, compared with the fancies one may hear in any little hillside cabin in Geesala, or Carraroe, or Dingle Bay. Synge, J.M. We have tutors online 24/7 who can help you get unstuck. In 1926 he moved to England. Preface 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. 96–97. In the modern literature, of towns, however, richness is found only in sonnets, or prose poems, or in one or two elaborate books that are far, away from the profound and common interests of life. In his preface to The Playboy of the Western World, J.M. Course Hero, Inc. The first two sentences of the Preface come directly from Synge's program note for the premiere of The Playboy of the Western World, which took place at Dublin's Abbey Theatre in early January, 1907. Cover of The Playboy of the Western World, Theatre edition, Maunsel & Co., 1907 (ZSR Library copy) This was very soon followed by a Library Edition, which included a portrait of and preface by Synge. Stuck? FREE study guides and infographics! It is probable that when the Elizabethan dramatist took his ink-horn and sat down to his work he used many phrases that he had just heard, as he sat at dinner, from his mother or his children. Title page, The Playboy of the Western World, Maunsel & Co., 1907 limited edition (ZSR Library copy) A limited edition of 25 copies on hand-made paper was also available for collectors. All art is a collaboration; and there is, little doubt that in the happy ages of literature, striking and beautiful phrases were as ready to the story-teller's or the, playwright's hand, as the rich cloaks and dresses of his time. The Preface emphasizes the creative freedom engendered by the reproduction of native Irish speech, this speech being highly poetic in nature. Please try again later. Got it. Learn more. J. M. S. January 21st. The program note, on the other hand, focuses solely on Synge's fidelity to his Island subjects. This matter, I think, is of importance, for in countries where the imagination of the people, and the, language they use, is rich and living, it is possible for a writer to be rich and copious in his words, and at the same, time to give the reality, which is the root of all poetry, in a comprehensive and natural form. Anyone who has lived in real intimacy with the Irish, peasantry will know that the wildest sayings and ideas in this play are tame indeed, compared with the fancies one, may hear in any little hillside cabin in Geesala, or Carraroe, or Dingle Bay. About The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays. 1911. been forgotten, and the harvest is a memory only, and the straw has been turned into bricks. The plays that helped make modern Ireland Riots greeted the first performance of The Playboy of the Western World at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre on 26 January 1907. This matter, I think, is of importance, for in countries where the imagination of the people, and the language they use, is rich and living, it is possible for a writer to be rich and copious in his words, and at the same time to give the reality, which is the root of all poetry, in a comprehensive and natural form. On the stage, one must have reality, and one must have joy; and that is why the intellectual modern drama has failed, and people, have grown sick of the false joy of the musical comedy, that has been given them in place of the rich joy found only, in what is superb and wild in reality. THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD - THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD By J M Synge PREFACE In writing THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD as in my other, 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. In the modern literature of towns, however, richness is found only in sonnets, or prose poems, or in one or two elaborate books that are far away from the profound and common interests of life. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience.

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