Riders to the Sea
By J. M. Synge
Cover: Landing a currach, Aran Islands (1898), photograph by John Millington Synge (1871-1909) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (photographer died 1909)
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On an Aran island an old woman, Maurya, has already lost her husband and five sons to the sea, and tries to stop her last son from sailing to the horse fair. This one-act tragedy is among the most performed short plays in English.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.