John Millington. 1871–1909, Irish playwright. His plays, marked by vivid colloquial Irish speech, include Riders to the Sea (1904) and The Playboy of the Western World, produced amidst uproar at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1907
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ˈ(Edmund) John Millington (ˈmɪlɪŋtən) 1871-1909; Ir. dramatist
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Richard Laurence Millington1914-94; Brit. biochemist