{"product_id":"the-playboy-of-the-western-world-and-two-other-irish-plays-9780140188783","title":"The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe plays that helped make modern Ireland \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRiots greeted the first performance of \u003cb\u003eThe Playboy of the Western World\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003cb\u003eThe Playboy of the Western World\u003c\/b\u003e, with the two other plays in this volume, Yeats's \u003cb\u003eThe Countess Cathleen\u003c\/b\u003e (1892) and O'Casey's \u003cb\u003eCock-a-doodle Dandy\u003c\/b\u003e (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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140188783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.07w x 0.54d","brand":"J. M. Synge,William Butler Yeats,Sean O'Casey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418707259573,"sku":"9780140188783","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6077edb9-b5e4-48e1-b577-895ea2b101ec.jpg?v=1775570231","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-playboy-of-the-western-world-and-two-other-irish-plays-9780140188783","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}