National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World (2026)
At the edge of the earth, you could be anyone.
2026 · 2h 37m · Drama, Comedy
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene...
Director: Caitriona McLaughlin
Writers: John Millington Synge
Music by: Anna Mullarkey
Cast
Nicola Coughlan as Pegeen MikeÉanna Hardwicke as Christy MahonSiobhán McSweeney as Widow QuinDeclan Conlon as Old MahonLorcan Cranitch as Michael FlahertyMegan Cusack as Susan BradyNaoise Dunbar as Jimmy FarrellMatthew Forrest as Philly CullenSallay Garnett as NellyFionnuala Gygax as Honor BlakeErin Hennessey as FiddlePeter Mooney as Banjo / EnsembleMore like this
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