National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Name: National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
Director: Caitriona McLaughlin
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2026-05-28
Duration: 2 h 37 min
Cast: Nicola Coughlan, Éanna Hardwicke, Siobhán McSweeney, Declan Conlon, Lorcan Cranitch

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

2026

2h 37m

Drama Comedy

Director: Caitriona McLaughlin

Writer: John Millington Synge

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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...