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The Playboy of the Western World
by
J.M. Synge
Available on:
Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD
Riots greeted the first performance of The Playboy of the Western World at Dublin's Abbey Theatre on 26 January 1907. Eggs, potatoes and even a slice of fruit cake were hurled at the actors during subsequent performances, and it seems unlikely that much of the actual play could have been heard in the uproar.
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