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Riders to the Sea

by J. M. (John Millington) Synge

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Riders to the Sea was first performed on 25 February at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, by the Irish National Theater Society with Helen Laird playing Maurya. An one-act tragedy, the play is set at Inishmaan in the Aran Islands, and like all of Synge's plays it is noted for capturing the poetic dialogue of rural Ireland.

About the author

J. M. (John Millington) Synge (1871–1909) is represented here by 3 public-domain titles, including Deirdre of the Sorrows, In Wicklow and West Kerry, and Riders to the Sea. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here. More of this shelf for J. M. (John Millington) Synge.

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