Druid's production of Deirdre of the Sorrows is available online for free

In 2005, Druid presented the first ever staging of John Millington Synge's entire theatrical canon. Directed by Garry Hynes, DruidSynge was performed as a series of plays on consecutive days or as a special festival experience of all six plays on the same day.

Deirdre of the Sorrows is Synge’s last play. Begun in the autumn of 1907, Synge was still reworking it at the time of his death in March 1909. Synge based his last play on an Old Irish story Longes mac nUislenn, ‘The Exile of the Sons of Usna’, so entitled in its earliest form in the 12th century Book of Leinster.

Synge’s Deirdre is loving and heroic and sets fate on when she induces the great young warrior Naisi to escape with her to Scotland, so avoiding marriage to the aged King Conchubar. After seven years the lovers return to Ireland, won over by promises from Conchubar’s emissary, Fergus, but inwardly fearing division between themselves more than death itself.

So far, the DruidSynge recordings have been viewed in 50 countries around the world.

Druid’s Deirdre of the Sorrows is now available via https://vimeo.com/428098987

Druid's The Well of the Saints is now available via https://vimeo.com/420653982

Druid's The Shadow of the Glen is now available via https://vimeo.com/411063868

Druid’s Riders to the Sea is now available via https://vimeo.com/405785623

Druid's The Playboy of the Western World is now available via https://vimeo.com/401020599