Playboy of the Western World February 5, 2011

John Millington Synge's 'The Playboy of the Western World' is an unromanticized comic portrait of Ireland's rural peasants; a work celebrated for its humor, insight, imagination and power. This play tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm, claiming he killed his father. The locals are more interested in vicariously enjoying his story than in condemning the immorality of his murderous deed. He then captures the romantic attention of the bar-maid Pegeen Mike.