Directed by Garry Hynes Demonstration and Performance by Druid Theatre Company
rish playwright John Millington Synge (pronounced SING) created haunting yet savagely funny works depicting the humor and sorrow in the lives of Irish peasants. In this performance, Druid Theatre Company members will present excerpts from Synge’s comedy, The Playboy of the Western World, and will discuss will discuss the significance of this play and the process of production.
Welcome to Cuesheet, your guide to Druid Theatre Company’s demonstration and performance of scenes from a play by John Millington Synge. Cuesheet is published by the Education Department of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C.