J.M. Synge

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Images & Videos

Watch a dramatization of The Well of the Saints by Irish literary renaissance poetic dramatist J.M. Synge

Study film-making techniques employed in an adaptation of John Millington Synge's The Well of the Saints

Read Next

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Discover

Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)

6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

Four year old boy with grandfather and father lighting Hanukkah menorah. Photo taken on: December 21st, 2009

Which Is Correct: Hanukkah or Chanukah?

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

Coriander leaves, fresh green cilantro on wooden background, herbs

Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap to Some People?

The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. (Civil War, Pennsylvania)

9 Worst Generals in History

J.M. Synge: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	John Millington Synge
Born	April 16, 1871 • Ireland
Died	March 24, 1909 (aged 37) • Dublin • Ireland
Notable Works	“Deirdre of the Sorrows” • “In the Shadow of the Glen” • “Riders to the Sea” • “The Aran Islands” • “The Playboy of the Western World” • “The Well of the Saints”
Movement / Style	Irish literary renaissance

Photos and Videos

Watch a dramatization of The Well of the Saints by Irish literary renaissance poetic dramatist J.M. Synge

Study film-making techniques employed in an adaptation of John Millington Synge's The Well of the Saints

See All Videos and Images →

Augusta, Lady Gregory, 1911.

Augusta, Lady Gregory

Irish writer

Saint John Ervine

British dramatist

George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

Irish dramatist and critic

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Irish author

Southerne, stipple engraving after a portrait by J. Worsdale

Thomas Southerne

Irish writer

Charles Robert Maturin

Irish writer

Donagh MacDonagh

Irish author

William Butler Yeats, c. 1915.

William Butler Yeats

Irish author and poet

Sean O’Casey

Irish dramatist

Micheál MacLiammóir

actor, scenic designer, and playwright

Edward Martyn

Irish dramatist

Lennox Robinson

Irish playwright

Colum, Padraic

Padraic Colum

Irish poet

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

English author

Poet John Dryden

John Dryden

British author

John Fletcher, engraving

John Fletcher

English dramatist

Philip Massinger.

Philip Massinger

English playwright

Thomas Middleton, engraving

Thomas Middleton

English dramatist

Suckling, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Sir John Suckling

English poet and dramatist

William Rowley

English dramatist and actor