PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD

In writing THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, as in my other plays, I have used one or two words only that I have not heard among the country people of Ireland, or spoken in my own nursery before I could read the newspapers. A certain number of the phrases I employ I have heard also from herds and fishermen along the coast from Kerry to Mayo, or from beggar-women and ballad-singers nearer Dublin; and I am glad to acknowledge how much I owe to the folk imagination of these fine people. Anyone who has lived in real intimacy with the Irish peasantry will know that the wildest sayings and ideas in this play are tame indeed, compared with the fancies one may hear in any little hillside cabin in Geesala, or Carraroe, or Dingle Bay.

In scrierea PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, ca si in celelalte piese ale mele, am folosit doar unul sau doua cuvinte pe care nu le-am auzit in randul poporului irlandez, sau nu le-am vorbit in propria mea cresa inainte de a putea citi ziarele. Un anumit numar de fraze pe care le folosesc le-am auzit si de la turme si pescari de-a lungul coastei de la Kerry la Mayo, sau de la cersetori si cantareti de balada din apropierea Dublinului; si ma bucur sa recunosc cat de mult datorez imaginatiei populare a acestor oameni buni.