Program, Philadelphia, January 15, 1912. Announcing “The Famous Irish Players from the Abbey Theatre, Dublin” in a production of The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge.

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Program, Philadelphia, January 15, 1912. Announcing “The Famous Irish Players from the Abbey Theatre, Dublin” in a production of The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge.

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Following the uproar in Dublin during the first production, this production led to riots by Irish American nationalists and the arrest of the cast for public indecency.

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