All Outputs (3)

Introduction (2016)
Book Chapter
Collins, C. (2016). Introduction. In J.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315638720

John Millington Synge is one the most important and most influential playwrights in modern theatre. Born in 1871 in Dublin, Ireland, Synge had a professional career as a playwright that lasted just seven years before his untimely death at the age of... Read More about Introduction.

Theatre and residual culture: J.M. Synge and pre-Christian Ireland (2016)
Book
Collins, C. (2016). Theatre and residual culture: J.M. Synge and pre-Christian Ireland. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/978-1-349-94872-7

Savage paganism: the playboy of the western world (2016)
Book Chapter
Collins, C. (2016). Savage paganism: the playboy of the western world. In Theatre and Residual Culture: J.M. Synge and Pre-Christian Ireland (201-258). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94872-7

This chapter interrogates The Playboy of the Western World in relation to Synge’s scientific analysis of fairy changeling folklore. This chapter proposes an alternative reading of the infamous disturbances that greeted the opening of the performance... Read More about Savage paganism: the playboy of the western world.