Shadows: Riders to the Sea, In the Shadow of the Glen, and Purgatory

by J.M. Synge, W.B. Yeats

Three compelling short plays that reveal our fascination with death. Riders to the Sea and The Shadow of the Glen by J. M. Synge and Purgatory by W. B. Yeats.

80 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1998

About the author

Edmund John Millington Synge (pronounced /sɪŋ/) was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for the play The Playboy of the Western World, which caused riots during its opening run at the Abbey theatre. Synge wrote many well known plays, including "Riders to the Sea", which is often considered to be his strongest literary work.

Although he came from an Anglo-Irish background, Synge's writings are mainly concerned with the world of the Roman Catholic peasants of rural Ireland and with what he saw as the essential paganism of their world view.

Reviews

[Alison Walker · Rating 3 out of 5]

All my books at the moment are from second hand shops and the library so I’m reading a wide variety of books that would not have been found or picked up in my local Waterstones. I found this one fascinating and will most probably read again soon as think it’s will be better after several reads .

[Moira McPartlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three one act plays about death. I have read Riders to the Sea before and second time around it is just as powerful. Shadow of the Glen was more of a farce. Purgatory is a father and son tragedy.

[Heba Ashraf · Rating 4 out of 5]

من المسرح الأيرلندي
من المؤسف أن تصيبنا الشيخوخة_
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[Nightingale Pages · Rating 3 out of 5]

I LIKE THIS STORIES A LOT. THESE ARE ONE ACT PLAYS . ALL ARE TRAGEDY STORIES . I CAME HERE TO READ ' RIDERS OF THE SEA ' , WHICH I READ IN MY COLLEGE .