"The Aran Islands" from John Millington Synge. Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer and collector of folklore (1871-1909).

"The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays" from John Millington Synge. Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer and collector of folklore (1871-1909).

"The Playboy of the Western World" from John Millington Synge. Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer and collector of folklore (1871-1909).

"The Well of the Saints" from John Millington Synge. Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer and collector of folklore (1871-1909).

"In Wicklow and West Kerry" from John Millington Synge. Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer and collector of folklore (1871-1909).

John Millington Synge, a leading figure in the Irish literary renaissance and one of Irelands most celebrated writers, powerfully and poetically describes the harsh rural life on the West Coast of Ireland in his six plays: In the Shadow of the Glen; Riders to the Sea; The Well of the Saints; The Playboy of the Western World; The Tinkers Wedding; Deirdre of the Sorrows.