Edmund John Millington Synge (1871 – 1909), Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore.
John Millington Synge (1871-1909), Irish dramatist, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore
The title and lyrics of "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" could also allude to John Millington Synge's 1907 play The Playboy of the Western World—a work which similarly deals with the popular glorification of violence and crime.
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There he became a stalwart, appearing in plays by Lady Gregory, William Butler Yeats and John Millington Synge (for whom he played the role of Shawn Keogh in The Playboy of the Western World.