Books in the Casebooks Series series

This volume present important studies in dramatic and theatre criticism as developed in the English-speaking world since the late nineteenth century. Part Two, Plays and Players, covers the broad spectrum of journalistic and academic criticism, new production methods and theories, and new playwriting techniques during this century.

Each Macmillan Casebook concerns a classic of English literature or a significant modern work. (Occasional volumes in the series will deal with closely related works) Each Casebook brings together the best of modern criticism, along with a generous selection of earlier reviews and comment, and any useful information that readers might need.

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A collection of criticism on four of the most-studied plays of J.M. Synge. Along with W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory he created the Irish literary movement and the Abbey theatre. The playwright is acknowledged to be in the forefront of modernist literature.