Riders to the Sea
Riders to the Sea is a one-act play by J.M. Synge.
First performed on 25 February 1904 at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, by the Irish National Theater Society. Published
Also in Collected Plays by John M. Synge. Harmondsworth, Middlesex [Eng.] : Penguin Books, 1952.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans by C.W. Hudson as Na die See, published in Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 11(3):98-107, 1961.
Performance history in South Africa
1976: Performed as part of a double bill of plays by J M Synge (Riders to the Sea and The Shadow of the Glen), directed by Beth Dickerson, with Contemporary Dance '76, directed by Gary Gordon, in April.
Sources
AfricaWide database.
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