

National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
2026 · Movie · 2h 37m
DramaComedy
"At the edge of the earth, you could be anyone."
Overview
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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Key crew
- Caitriona McLaughlinDirector
- John Millington SyngeWriter
- Anna MullarkeyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nicola CoughlanPegeen Mike
- Éanna HardwickeChristy Mahon
- Siobhán McSweeneyWidow Quin
- Declan ConlonOld Mahon
- Lorcan CranitchMichael Flaherty
- Megan CusackSusan Brady
- Naoise DunbarJimmy Farrell
- Matthew ForrestPhilly Cullen
- Sallay GarnettNelly
- Fionnuala GygaxHonor Blake
- Erin HennesseyFiddle
- Peter MooneyBanjo / Ensemble
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Themes
irish folklorefilmed theatertraditional irish musictheatredramacomedynt live























