Dublin, the Abbey theatre, 1907: The premiere of John Milington Synge’s masterpiece "The Playboy of the Western World". During the performance police had to be called in to stop the rioters who didn’t like Synge’s depiction of common Irish people. As for me, I have enjoyed reading Synge’s diary-book about his life on Aran Islands, where he found inspiration for this play among the folklore and fairies told to him by locals. Those common people, says Synge, have the feeling "that a man will not do wrong unless he is under the influence of a passion which is as irresponsible as a storm on the sea. If a man has killed his father, and is already sick and broken with remorse, they can see no reason why he should be dragged away and killed by the law." I like so much the expression: "a passion which is as irresponsible as a storm on the sea".