John Millington Synge

Lot 133: SYNGE, JOHN MILLINGTON. 1871-1909.

Name: SYNGE, JOHN MILLINGTON. 1871-1909.
Brand: Bonhams
SKU: c5b381c371

Est: $1,000 USD - $1,500 USDSold:

BonhamsSan Francisco, CA, USApril 20, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Autograph Postcard Signed ("J.M. Synge"), 1 p, 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches, [Dublin, March 13, n.y.], to Ben Iden Payne, postcard moderately toned and thumbed.

Synge addresses this short note to actor and director Ben Iden Payne at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin: "I am too tired out to go to see you tonight, so I'll turn up at matinee on Saturday, and I'll see you then." In 1907 Payne briefly served as director of the Abbey theater, co-founded by Synge and Lady Gregory. Synge's masterpiece, The Playboy of the Western World, provoked rioting at its premier at the Abbey in 1907.
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Artist or Maker

John Millington Synge

Auction Details

Manuscripts from the Estate of Charles Williamson & Tucker Fleming

Bonhams

April 20, 2011, 12:00 PM PST

220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94103, US

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