Michael and Ethan continue their discussion of The Playboy of the Western World, by JM Synge, with supplemental excursions into Synge’s Complete Works.

In this episode:

A lot of seething

The real drama is in the footnotes (again)

We do talk about the plot, I think?

A possibly baseless Names With Michael

This podcast is just… shooting the breeze… in the wind…

Michael declines

Ethan goes after Rachels and Karens for some reason

Ibsen… or whatever

Next episode they’ll begin talking about Ball Lightning, by Cixin Liu. Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page.

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"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

"The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

"Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.