1994 Death Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, chromatographer, dies at 79 1914 Birthday Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, British bio-chemist, Nobel 1952 1910 Event JM Synge's "Deirdre of the Sorrows," premieres in Dublin 1909 Event J. M. Synge's "Tinker's Wedding," premieres in London 1909 Death John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37 1909 Death John Synge, Irish Poet 1907 Event J M Synge's "Playboy of Western World" opens; police are called 1904 Event J. M. Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish National Theater Society 1904 Event J. M. Synge's "Ruders to the Sea," premieres in Dublin 1903 Event J. M. Synge's "In the Shadow of the Glen," premieres in Dublin 1871 Birthday John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet, Riders to the Sea 1871 Birthday John Synge, Irish Poet