<P> ' The Playboy of the Western World ' is a three - act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge and first performed at the Abbey Theatre , Dublin , on 26 January 1907 . It is set in Michael James Flaherty 's public house in County Mayo ( on the west coast of Ireland ) during the early 1900s . It tells the story of Christy Mahon , a young man running away from his farm , claiming he killed his father . </P>
<P> ' The Playboy of the Western World ' is a three - act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge and first performed at the Abbey Theatre , Dublin , on 26 January 1907 . It is set in Michael James Flaherty 's public house in County Mayo ( on the west coast of Ireland ) during the early 1900s . It tells the story of Christy Mahon , a young man running away from his farm , claiming he killed his father . </P>
who wrote the playboy of the western world
who wrote the playboy of the western world
John Millington Synge
John Millington Synge