DruidSynge

{{Short description|Theatre production of plays by John Millington Synge}}

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DruidSynge is a theatre production of the complete plays of John Millington Synge by the Irish Druid Theatre Company. It was the vision of Garry Hynes, the first woman to win a Tony Award for best director, to create the day-long cycle of all six plays;{{Cite web|date=1 August 2006|title=Garry Hynes and "Druid Synge'|url=https://www.irishamerica.com/2006/08/garry-hynes-and-druid-synge/|access-date=13 December 2021|website=Irish America}}{{Cite web|last=Musbach|first=Julie|title=The Irish Are Coming to Shakespeare Theatre Company in WAITING FOR GODOT|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/washington-dc/article/The-Irish-Are-Coming-To-Shakespeare-Theatre-Company-in-WAITING-FOR-GODOT-20180313|access-date=13 December 2021|website=BroadwayWorld.com}}{{Cite news|last=Marks|first=Peter|date=12 October 2012|title=Ireland's Druid Theatre is on another mission to elevate the isle's playwrights|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/irelands-druid-theatre-is-on-another-mission-to-elevate-the-isles-playwrights/2012/10/11/26684c28-1310-11e2-9a39-1f5a7f6fe945_story.html|access-date=13 December 2021|issn=0190-8286}}

• Riders to the Sea
• The Tinker's Wedding
• The Well of the Saints
• In the Shadow of the Glen
• The Playboy of the Western World
• Deirdre of the Sorrows

It has been performed as a series of double bills over two or three days or, as in New York City in 2006, all six plays are presented on the same day. This is an exacting production for the actors: many perform in several of the plays, changing roles up to five times, like Marie Mullen, a Tony award-winning actress who plays the lead in five of the six plays. Felicity O'Brien, the producer, commented that "They really have to pace themselves and be careful, but at the same time, it's an amazing challenge for any actor."[http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2006/07/02/mn/play.txt] Associated Press review in Wisconsin's La Crosse Tribune (retrieved 26 August 2006)

Premiered at the Galway Arts Festival in 2005 to critical acclaim,[http://www.druidtheatre.com/press.php?id=42] Druid Theatre Press release (retrieved 20 August 2006) it was again produced at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin, the Edinburgh International Festival, and on the Aran island of Inis Meáin in different locations that included an open-air setting during 2005.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

DruidSynge has been described by The Irish Times as: "One of the greatest achievements in the history of Irish theatre." The New York City premiere was held during the 2006 Lincoln Center Festival on 10 July,{{cite news|title=The Six-Play 'DruidSynge': Why Not Take All of Him? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/12/theater/reviews/12drui.html |website=The New York Times |date=12 July 2006 |access-date=3 August 2023}} one of the seven performances that were preceded by productions in the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}