The Playboy of the West Indies
The Playboy of the West Indies

Author: Mustapha Matura

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-08-21

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 1786826461

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Based on J M Synge’s Playboy of the Western World. Playboy of the West Indies opened at the Oxford Playhouse in 1984 and subsequently toured the UK finishing at the Tricycle Theatre in London. It has also enjoyed huge success in the United States, most notably at The Court Theatre, Chicago; Arena Stage, Washington; New Jersey and Yale Rep. The Court Theatre Chicago's production was nominated for four Jefferson Awards. There was an extremely successful revival of the play at the Lincoln Center, New York in 1993. Mustapha also wrote the television adaptation, screened on BBC2 in 1985. The play was recently revived at the Tricycle Theatre and the Nottingham Playhouse.

The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version
The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version

Author: Bisi Adigun

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 2024-05-15

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0815657056

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Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle’s centenary adaption of J. M. Synge’s classic The Playboy of the Western World had a sold-out run when it was produced at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre in 2007 and was brought back by popular demand in 2008. The new version is set in a contemporary Dublin pub and features the character of a Nigerian asylum-seeker in the lead role. Under the coauthorship of Bisi Adigun, artistic director of Arambe Productions—Ireland’s first African theater company—and best-selling, Booker Prize–winning novelist Roddy Doyle, the play engages with issues of race and immigration in modern Ireland and, when first released, aimed to be a model for intercultural collaboration. This critical edition features the full text of the play, published for the first time, along with a collection of essays exploring the play’s themes, cultural significance, critical reception, and the legal case that cut short its successful production run. Though the play was first produced over a decade ago, the topic of migration has only increased in its global importance over that time, and this adaptation of Playboy remains a popular touchstone among scholars of Irish theater and immigration.

Washed by the Gulf Stream
Washed by the Gulf Stream

Author: Maria McGarrity

Publisher: Associated University Presse

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780874130287

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This is an historically comparative postcolonial study asserting the dialogic relation between Irish and Caribbean narrative form. The book focuses on the demise of empire and the role of geography in creating an 'island imaginary' for writers from James Joyce to Jamaica Kincaid.

Playboys of the Western World
Playboys of the Western World

Author: Adrian Fraser

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9781904505068

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Essays on the production and performances of J.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World including a study of the acclaimed Druid production directed by Garry Hynes.

The Playboy of the Western World
The Playboy of the Western World

Author: J. M. Synge

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-16

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Playboy of the Western World" (A Comedy in Three Acts) by J. M. Synge. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

New York Magazine
New York Magazine

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Publisher:

Published: 1993-05-24

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.