J. M. Synge, In The Shadow of the Glen

George Cusack (University of Oklahoma)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.4: Irish Writing and Culture, 400-present.
Vol. editors: Paul Delaney (Trinity College Dublin), Anne Markey (Dublin City University), Ian Campbell Ross (Trinity College Dublin), Sinéad Sturgeon (Queen's University Belfast)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1904

Places

Ireland, Republic of (Eire) (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Play

Resources

John Millington Synge's The Shadow of the Glen (originally titled In the Shadow of the Glen) premiered on October 8, 1903 as a production of the Irish National Theatre Society. Although it was the third play completed by Synge, it was the first to be produced, and it created an immediate controversy for the author and the National Theatre. Although the play's focus on a loveless and decaying marriage hardly represented a new subject for drama, many Irish nationalists saw Synge's play as nothing less than an affront to Irish femininity. The resulting confrontations established the author's volatile relationship with the nationalist community in Ireland and set the stage for the more massive and far-reaching conflict which …

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Citation: Cusack, George. "In The Shadow of the Glen". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 26 November 2004 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=10164, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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