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.
| ISBN: | 9780815638339 |
| Publication date: | 30th April 2024 |
| Author: | Bisi Adigun, Roddy Doyle, J M Synge |
| Publisher: | Syracuse University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 242 pages |
| Series: | Irish Studies |
| Genres: |
Theatre direction and production European history Creative writing and creative writing guides Plays, playscripts Literature: history and criticism |