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John Millington Synge

John Millington Synge
Irish Renaissance leader John Millington Synge wrote plays that examined the culture of the Irish peasantry. His comedy The Playboy of the Western World (1907) became a classic.
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Ireland; Irish Literature; Synge, John Millington
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