Riders to the Sea
A Fiction, Academic, European Literature book. Synge has a remarkable ability to set the mood and conjure the atmosphere of the Aran Islands. Even...
Large Format for easy reading. Although from a middle-class Protestant background, Synge's writings are mainly concerned with the world of the Roman Catholic peasants of rural Ireland. He is best known for his play The Playboy of the Western World, which caused riots in Dublin. His experiences on the Aran islands were to form the basis for many of his plays, including Riders to the Sea. Set in a cottage on Inishmaan, it is about a man whose body was washed up on the far away coast of Donegal, and who, by reason of certain peculiarities of dress, was suspected to be from the island.
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- Pages: 48 pages
- ISBN: 9781406501827 / 1406501824
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A very sad story based on actual history of Ireland. I was first introduced to Riders to the Sea by my mother, who actually took me to the performance when I was barely ten years old. The performance still haunts me and for me, Maurya would always be that petite, black-haired girl of eighteen, artificially made older through make-up and Bartley would always be the guy, who has evolved... Synge has a remarkable ability to set the mood and conjure the atmosphere of the Aran Islands. Even if the dialogue is a bit awkward to comprehend at times for this American reader in 2017, I appreciate Synge's unique gift to transport me to a very specific time and place in Irish history through his language. This one-act play is dark...
