The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish PlaysBy: J. M. Synge, William Butler Yeats, Sean O'Casey Series: Classic, 20th Century, Penguin The plays that helped make modern Ireland Riots greeted the first performance of The Playboy of the Western World at Dublin's Abbey Theatre on 26 January 1907. Eggs, potatoes and even a slice of fruit cake were hurled at the actors during subsequent performances, and it seems unlikely that much of the actual play could have been heard in the uproar. Synge's The