Playboy of the western world

Informationen zum Autor W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) was one of the greatest and most innovative poets of the twentieth century, and a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival. Much of his most vigorous verse on love, sex, Irish and international politics, the complexities of the occult and the 'sedentary toil' of poetry was produced in the years between his fiftieth birthday in 1915 and his death in 1939. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. Klappentext 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. Eggs, potatoes and even a slice of fruit cake were hurled at the actors during subsequent performances, and it seems unlikely that much of the actual play could have been heard in the uproar. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World , with the two other plays in this volume, Yeats's The Countess Cathleen (1892) and O'Casey's Cock-a-doodle Dandy (1949), mark vital stages in the rich explosion of Irish drama that first made itself heard at the turn of the century and gathered momentum during the Easter Rising of 1916 and the Civil War. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung A murderer becomes the toast of the village as his charm negates his crime. A young countess saves her tenants from starvation, but only by selling her soul to the Devil. The sleepy parish of Nyadnanave sees a vision of a cockerel that dares the inhabitants to break the shackles of Church and State....

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: W. A. Armstrong, William A. Armstrong, Sean O'Casey, J M Synge, J. M. Synge, J.M. Synge, J.M. Yeats Synge, John M. Synge, W B Yeats, W. B. Yeats, William Butler Yeats
• Collaboration: W. A. Armstrong (Introduction)
• Edition: Penguin Books Uk
• Langues: Anglais
• Recommandation d'âge: à partir de 18 ans
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 30.07.2009
• EAN: 9780140188783
• ISBN: 978-0-14-018878-3
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Thèmes: Penguin Classics; Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics; Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin; Penguin Classics; Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin; Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; DRAMA / General, Plays, Playscripts, Plays, playscripts, drama