The play has been translated in French by Georgette Sable and it has been published by Anthropomare[4]
Other translations include: À cheval vers la mer (Riders to the Sea, 1903; 1904) translated by Maurice Bourgeois,[5] Cavaliers à la mer, translated by Fouad El-Etr,[6] and Cavaliers vers la mer (combined with L’Ombre de la vallée), translated by Françoise Morvan.[7]
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In the final scene, Maurya is praying for the souls of her husband, her husband's father, and four sons... praying that they may rest in peace, after which, the curtains close.
Bartley rides the horses out to sea and to the steamer ship, which is anchored offshore, afterward, the horses are taken and sold at a fair on the mainland.
The climax occurs when Bartley's body is brought in, confirming that the sea has in fact taken all of Maurya's sons from her.
