ement ▁life , ▁self - de ception , ▁and ▁surv ival ; ▁they ▁are ▁tra gi - com ed ies ▁in ▁which ▁violent ▁death ▁throws ▁into ▁relief ▁the ▁bl ust ering ▁mascul ine ▁bra v ado ▁of ▁characters ▁such ▁as ▁Jack ▁Bo yle ▁and ▁J ox er ▁Dal y ▁in ▁Jun o ▁and ▁the ▁Pay cock ▁and ▁the ▁hero ic ▁res ili ence ▁of ▁Jun o ▁herself ▁or ▁of ▁B ess ie ▁Burg ess ▁in ▁The ▁Pl ough ▁and ▁the ▁Stars . ▁Jun o ▁and ▁the ▁Pay cock ▁became ▁a ▁film ▁directed ▁by ▁Alfred ▁H itch cock . ▁ ▁The ▁Pl ough ▁and ▁the ▁Stars ▁was ▁not ▁well ▁received ▁by ▁the ▁Ab bey ▁audience ▁and ▁resulted ▁in ▁scenes ▁rem in is cent ▁of ▁the ▁ri ots ▁that ▁gre et ed ▁J . ▁M . ▁Syn ge ' s ▁The ▁Play boy ▁of ▁the ▁Western ▁World ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 7 . ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁ri ot ▁reported ▁on ▁the ▁fourth ▁night ▁of ▁the ▁show . ▁His ▁dep iction ▁of ▁sex ▁and ▁religion ▁even ▁off ended ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁actors , ▁who ▁refused ▁to ▁speak ▁their ▁lines . ▁The ▁full - scale ▁ri ot ▁occurred ▁partly ▁because ▁the ▁play ▁was ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁men ▁in ▁the ▁rising ▁and ▁partly ▁in ▁protest ▁in ▁opposition ▁to ▁the ▁animated ▁appearance ▁of ▁a ▁prost itute ▁in ▁Act ▁ 2 . ▁W . ▁B . ▁Ye ats ▁got ▁onto ▁the ▁stage ▁and ▁ro ared ▁at ▁the ▁audience : ▁" You ▁have ▁dis g rac