Theatre Trivia Tweet: Riding the Playboy Wave Irish actors Sara Allgood (“Widow Quin”) and J. M. Kerrigan (“Shawn Keogh”), in The Playboy of the Western World, Plymouth Theatre, Boston, 1911 What Irish playwright wrote Riders to the Sea and The Playboy of the Western World? SelectReveal Answer> John Millington Synge, whose The Playboy of the Western World caused a riot at the Abbey Theatre. Post navigation previous postNext Post