Presents the complete texts of all six plays by Irish author J.M. Synge, written in the early twentieth century, including "The Playboy of the Western World," and "The Tinker's Wedding."

The playboy of the Western world by John M. Synge--Juno and the paycock by Sean O'Casey--Riders to the sea by John M. Synge--Spreading the news by Lady Gregory--Shadow and substance by Paul Vincent Carroll.

Spanning the centuries from Ben Jonson to John Van Druten, this sparkling procession of prose comedies is calculated to excite in the reader every expression of felicity ranging between sly-cat amusement and the most earthy of belly laughs. Louis Kronenberger, distinguished critic, scholar, and director of this cavalcade, has staunchly refused admittance to any laughless failures of merely historical interest and has included only those plays which...