DruidSynge on DVD

According to IFTN a new DVD financed by RTÉ, The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, Culture Ireland, The Irish Film Board and The Arts Council/An Comhairle Ealaíon will be launched in Dublin today.

The DVD, entitled 'DruidSynge: The Plays of John Millington Synge', features all six of Synge's plays as performed by Druid: 'The Playboy of the Western World', 'The Tinker's Wedding', 'Well of the Saints', 'Riders to the Sea', 'Deirdre of the Sorrows' and 'The Shadow of the Glen'.

In addition to the six plays, the DVD contains two documentaries: 'Mighty Talk: A Journey with DruidSynge' - an access-all-areas documentary following the rehearsal and production process of putting the project on stage, and 'Playboy and Rebels' which commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the first ever performance of 'The Playboy of the Western World' in January 1907.

The DVD also features director Garry Hynes and world-leading Synge expert, Ann Saddlemyer, in conversation about DruidSynge and the impact of Synge generally which was recorded at the Synge Summer School in Wicklow in July 2007.