John Millington Synge" The Curse " Poem animation

Heres a virtual of the celebrated Irish dramatist and poet John Millington Synge reading his poem" The Curse ". This was Synge's very elequent tongue in cheek retort To the sister of an enemy of the author's who disapproved of The Playboy of the Western World and was first published in 1909. JM Synge was born in 1871 near Dublin, Ireland. He went to Trinity College, then travelled in Germany and France. He became friends with WB Yeats and lived in the Aran Islands for a while, writing the stories "The Aran Islands" as a result. Edmund John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for the play The Playboy of the Western World, which caused riots during its opening run at the Abbey theatre. Synge wrote many well-known plays, including Riders to the Sea, which is often considered to be his strongest literary work. Synge suffered from Hodgkin's disease, a form of cancer at the time untreatable. He died just weeks short of his 38th birthday and was at the time trying to complete his last play, The Last Black Supper. John Millington Synge is known for his peasant tragedies, including "In the Shadow of the Glen" and "Riders to the Sea". The latter is known among his best works, pitting the hearty Irish natives against the sea which surrounds them. Synge also wrote sharp comedies which upset many Irish who did not appreciate his humor. There were in fact riots when the play was performed both in Dublin and in Philadelphia. Synge passed away at a young age in 1909. best loved poem "Prelude" . Kind Regards Jim Clark All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2009 The Curse........... Lord, confound this surly sister, Blight her brow with blotch and blister, Cramp her larynx, lung, and liver, In her guts a galling give her. Let her live to earn her dinners In Mountjoy with seedy sinners: Lord, this judgment quickly bring, And I'm your servant, J. M. Synge.