National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Top 10 Billed Cast

Nicola Coughlan
Nicola Coughlan

Pegeen Mike

Éanna Hardwicke
Éanna Hardwicke

Christy Mahon

Siobhán McSweeney
Siobhán McSweeney

Widow Quin

Declan Conlon
Declan Conlon

Old Mahon

Lorcan Cranitch
Lorcan Cranitch

Michael Flaherty

Megan Cusack
Megan Cusack

Susan Brady

Naoise Dunbar
Naoise Dunbar

Jimmy Farrell

Matthew Forrest
Matthew Forrest

Philly Cullen

Sallay Garnett
Sallay Garnett

Nelly

Fionnuala Gygax
Fionnuala Gygax

Honor Blake

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    National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

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    Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery. 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… Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.

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    2026-05-28

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    At the edge of the earth, you could be anyone.

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