His best known play The Playboy of the Western World was poorly received, due to its bleak ending, depiction of Irish peasants, and idealisation of parricide, leading to hostile audience reactions and riots in Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey Theatre.

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John Millington Synge was born on 16th April in Rathfarnham, County Dublin, the youngest of eight children of upper-middle-class Protestant parents. He was an Irish playwright, poet, writer, collector of folklore, and a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival. 1/2

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John Millington Synge was born on 16th April in Rathfarnham, County Dublin, the youngest of eight children of upper-middle-class Protestant parents. He was an Irish playwright, poet, writer, collector of folklore, and a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival. 1/2

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The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge was first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 26 January 1907. It is set in Michael James Flaherty's public house in Mayo during the early 1900s. It tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm, claiming he killed his father.

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