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The Playboy of the Western World--A New Version: A Critical Edition

The Playboy of the Western World--A New Version: A Critical Edition

Doyle, Roddy
Adigun, Bisi
King, Jason

Hardcover

Series: Irish Studies

Literary CriticismPlaysPlaywriting

ISBN10: 0815638337
ISBN13: 9780815638339
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: May 15 2024
Pages: 242
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle's centenary adaption of J. M. Synge's classic The Playboy of the Western World had a sold-out run when it was produced at Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 2007 and was brought back by popular demand in 2008. The new version is set in a contemporary Dublin pub and features the character of a Nigerian asylum-seeker in the lead role. Under the coauthorship of Bisi Adigun, artistic director of Arambe Productions--Ireland's first African theater company--and best-selling, Booker Prize-winning novelist Roddy Doyle, the play engages with issues of race and immigration in modern Ireland and, when first released, aimed to be a model for intercultural collaboration.

This critical edition features the full text of the play, published for the first time, along with a collection of essays exploring the play's themes, cultural significance, critical reception, and the legal case that cut short its successful production run. Though the play was first produced over a decade ago, the topic of migration has only increased in its global importance over that time, and this adaptation of Playboy remains a popular touchstone among scholars of Irish theater and immigration.

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