First produced at the Abbey Theatre in 1905, The Well of the Saints is one of Synge’s most philosophically interesting comedies. Two blind beggars, Martin and Mary Doul, are miraculously given their sight — only to find reality considerably less beautiful than their imaginations had led them to believe. When their sight fails again, they choose blindness and their own vision over the sighted world’s version of truth.
A play that turns expectation on its head, full of the lyrical Irish-English prose that is Synge’s hallmark. This free EPUB is formatted for any device.