Theatre: Romping with the Playboy

The Playboy Of The Western World. By Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Until November 24

Despite the controversial origins of Synge’s famous play and its sacred place in the Irish theatrical canon, there is little to offend in the Abbey Theatre’s latest production of The Playboy of the Western World. In this new version, written by Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle, Synge’s west of Ireland, turn-of-the-century setting is transformed into ...