The Well Of The Saints By John M. Synge

Duration: 40

Year Published: 1975

Creator: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA EDUC. (FILM

Format: 16mm

Copyright: Registered 12Dec75 · MP30951 (Jan-Jun 1977) Copyright holder: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Description: This traditional Irish folk drama fuses rhythmic, muscial speech with lively characters. The satiric theme--that sometimes it is better to preserve one's illusions than to face reality--is expressed through the episode of Martin and Mary Doul's miraculously restored sight. The poor, simple, superstitious folk that inhabit Synge's Irish countryside reveal a zest for life and a racy genius for language. Through them, Synge expresses a sense of life's comedy, richness, and pathos.

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