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''[[The Shadow of the Glen]]'' is a one-act play by John M. Synge.
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==The original text==
 
 
 
''[[In the Shadow of the Glen]]'', also known as ''[[The Shadow of the Glen]]'', is a one-act play written by the Irish playwright J. M. Synge and first performed at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, on October 8, 1903. It was the first of Synge's plays to be performed on stage. It is set in an isolated cottage in County Wicklow in what was then the present day (c. 1903).
 
 
 
First performed at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, on October 8, 1903.
 
Published in ''Collected Plays'' by John M. Synge.    Harmondsworth, Middlesex [Eng.] :  Penguin Books,  1952.
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
Ugandan playwright Erisa Kironde's English play ''[[The Trick]]''[https://smartenglishnotes.com/2022/02/24/the-trick-by-erisa-kironde-summary-analysis-questions-and-answers/] is based on Synge's play, transposing the action to an African setting.
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1976: Performed as part of a double bill of plays by J.M. Synge (along with ''[[Riders to the Sea]]''), directed by [[Beth Dickerson]] in April 1976, featuring [[Ian Roberts]] and others.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Glen.
 
 
 
Photographs of scenes from the play held by [[NELM]].
 
 
 
https://smartenglishnotes.com/2022/02/24/the-trick-by-erisa-kironde-summary-analysis-questions-and-answers/
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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