The Playboy of the Western World - A New Version : A Critical Edition Hardback
by Bisi Adigun, Roddy Doyle, Bisi Adigun, Kelly Matthews, Emer O'Toole, Sarah L. Townsend
Edited by Jason King, Matthew Spangler
Part of the Irish Studies series
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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 Theater in 2007 and was brought back by popular demand in 2009.
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 aims 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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:242 pages, 4 black and white
- Publisher:Syracuse University Press
- Publication Date:30/04/2024
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- ISBN:9780815638339
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:242 pages, 4 black and white
- Publisher:Syracuse University Press
- Publication Date:30/04/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9780815638339