Aran Islands: the soothing spirit of J M Synge
From the Travel section of The Telegraph: On a pilgrimage to the Aran Islands, Fionnuala McHugh finds time, space and a reminder of the joys of being alive.
THE ARAN ISLANDS BY JOHN M. SYNGE
http://irishislands.info/texts/AranIslands/AranIslandsJMS.html
J.M. Synge's first-person account of his time in The Aran Islands. This book was first published in 1907, two years before Synge's death.
Performance of The Playboy of the Western World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydnTJPKZTBI
Excerpt from the Druid Theatre's The Playboy of the Western World, starring Cillian Murphy.
Two scenes from The Playboy of the Western World
Two scenes from the Old Vic production of The Playboy of the Western World, starring Robert Sheehan and Ruth Negga.