National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
Top 10 Billed Cast
Pegeen Mike
Christy Mahon
Widow Quin
Old Mahon
Michael Flaherty
Susan Brady
Nelly
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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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