{"product_id":"9781854592101","title":"The Playboy of the Western World","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Synge, J.M. \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 10\/12\/1997,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 96 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781854592101,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little PriceJ.M. Synge's extraordinary play about a young man on the run, and his unexpected elevation to folk hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stranger, Christy Mahon, arrives in a village bar in County Mayo in the West of Ireland, claiming to have killed his father. The locals are impressed – some can even directly relate to the deed – and Christy is lauded as a folk hero. He can't believe his luck, and confidently pursues the affections of the barmaid Pegeen, until the arrival of his not-so-dead father takes the winds out of Christy's sails...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Playboy of the Western World was first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in January 1907, causing riots across the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of the play, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is introduced by Margaret Llewllyn Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56573407822197,"sku":"9781854592101","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781854592101.jpg?v=1767777456","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781854592101","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}