DruidSynge - Lincoln Center Festival

Step into the haunting, gritty world of John Millington Synge, one of the most influential figures in the Irish literary renaissance. Only thirty-eight when he died, Synge left behind six plays which have had a profound impact on Irish theater. His most famous play, The Playboy of the Western World, caused a riot on opening night at the Abbey Theatre as an unwelcome and perhaps too frank mirror of Irish rural life, a reaction that was often repeated when the play was performed elsewhere.

Garry Hynes, the Artistic Director of Druid Theatre Company, and the first woman to win a Tony Award for best director (for The Beauty Queen of Leenane), brings her extraordinary vision to DruidSynge, a day-long cycle of all six plays. From the first play, The Shadow of the Glen, to the last, Deirdre of the Sorrows, Synge celebrates the costly victory of the Irish spirit over the ineluctable realities of life.

Combining six dramatic works, DruidSynge is a fully integrated production, one that is vibrant and earthy. Magnificent ensemble acting keeps a taut rein on these harsh, funny and moving pieces, as Garry Hynes captures the bluntness of Synge’s world.

Read more about DruidSynge here: http://www.syngecycle.com