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J.M. Synge (1861–1909). The Playboy of the Western World. 1911.

Characters

CHRISTOPHER MAHON
OLD MAHON, (his father, a squatter)
MICHAEL JAMES FLAHERTY, called MICHAEL JAMES (a publican.)
MARGARET FLAHERTY, called PEGEEN MIKE (his daughter)
WIDOW QUIN (a woman of about thirty)
SHAWN KEOGH (her cousin, a young farmer)
PHILLY CULLEN and JIMMY FARRELL (small farmers)
SARA TANSEY, SUSAN BRADY, and HONOR BLAKE (village girls)
A BELLMAN
SOME PEASANTS


The action takes place near a village, on a wild coast of Mayo. The first Act passes on an evening of autumn, the other two Acts on the following day.