National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World (2026)

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

  • Genre: Drama, Comedy
  • Release Date: 2026-05-28
  • Runtime: 2h 37min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: National Theatre
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Caitriona McLaughlin

Summary

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...

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  • Nicola Coughlan

    as Pegeen Mike

  • Éanna Hardwicke

    as Christy Mahon

  • Siobhán McSweeney

    as Widow Quin

  • Declan Conlon

    as Old Mahon

  • Lorcan Cranitch

    as Michael Flaherty

  • Megan Cusack

    as Susan Brady

  • Naoise Dunbar

    as Jimmy Farrell

  • Matthew Forrest

    as Philly Cullen

  • Sallay Garnett

    as Nelly

  • Fionnuala Gygax

    as Honor Blake

  • Erin Hennessey

    as Fiddle

  • Peter Mooney

    as Banjo / Ensemble

  • Donncha O'Dea

    as Ensemble

  • Marty Rea

    as Shawn Keogh

  • Susan Akintomide

    as Ensemble

  • Marty Breen

    as Sara Tansey
Directing Caitriona McLaughlin Director
Writing John Millington Synge Writer
Art Katie Davenport Set Designer
Lighting James Farncombe Lighting Design
Sound Adrienne Quartly Sound Designer
Sound Anna Mullarkey Original Music Composer

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