Playboy of the Western World

Olivia Flores Alvarez October 2, 2014 4:00AM

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The students at the University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance tackle John Millington Synge’s Playboy of the Western World. “It’s a difficult play,” says director Carolyn Houston Boone, citing poetic dialogue and the need for Irish accents. Set in Ireland, Playboy is the story of a young man who arrives in a small town. When the story of his dark past gets around, he’s made into a folk hero by the townsfolk. Filled with dark comedy and Irish wit, Playboy examines the idea of bad as good.

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