John Millington Synge
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Edmund John Millington Synge, popularly known as J. M. Synge, was an Irish playwright, poet, writer and collector of folklores. As a key figure of the Irish Literary Revival during the early 20th cent
Portrait of J. M. Synge (c. 1905)
John Millington Synge: A resident of the island of Inishmaan (1898)
Poster for opening of Abbey Theatre featuring In the Shadow of the Glen
John Millington Synge
Riders to the Sea
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Riders to the Sea is a play written by Irish and Literary Renaissance playwright John Millington Synge. It was first performed on 25 February 1904 at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, by the Irish National
John Millington Synge
…run at the Abbey Theatre, which he had co-founded with W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. His other major works include In the Shadow of the Glen (1903), Riders to the Sea (1904), The Well of the Saints (1905), and The Tinker's Wedding (1909). Most of his plays were known for their highly realistic depictions of Irish…
Sara Allgood as Maurya, photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1938