![]() ![]() ![]() And there is still fun to be had from Synge's comic invention and attack on the Irish propensity for myth-making: as the publican's daughter, Pegeen Mike, finally tells Christy, "There's a great gap between a gallows story and a dirty deed." But, even in its own day, Synge's play was outshone by Shaw's John Bull's Other Island, which offers a far more subversive satire on Irish role-playing. In 1907 it caused riots at the Abbey theatre, not least because it shows how Christy Mahon achieves the status of a sex-symbol when it is assumed he has killed his father. But, although this is a perfectly creditable revival, it never achieves the right ecstatic quality. ![]() Refreshingly, John Crowley's new production, which includes a band of itinerant musicians, emphasises its roots in folk-comedy. R ecent London revivals of Synge's 1907 play have tended to treat it as a dark rural tragedy. ![]()
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