In the shadow of the glen / John Millington Synge.

Author/creator Synge, J. M. author.
Other author Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909.
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon : Bloomsbury, [2013]
Copyright Date©2013
Description1 online resource
Supplemental ContentDrama online

Summary Dan Burke, it seems, is dead, his body lying on his bed beneath a sheet. His young wife Nora has taken a tramp into the house, a man seeking refuge from the cruel weather of the valley in which she lives. They pass pleasantries until Nora's intended arrives, a neighbouring shepherd named Michael Dara, with whom Nora schemes a fresh union even while her husband's body is not yet cold. The comic surprise that follows is a magnificent 'coup de theâtre': that it is followed by a dénouement as unexpected as any the Irish theatre had seen speaks volumes to Synge's sophistication as a playwright and master of his craft. The play was first performed in Dublin in 1903.
General notePreviously published in print: in Complete plays. London, Methuen Drama, 2001.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 22, 2013).
Genre/formDrama.
Standard identifier# 10.5040/9781408189207.00050022

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