National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
·
2026
·2h 37min
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...
Storyline
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...
Released
5/28/2026
Runtime
2h 37min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
National Theatre
Cast
Nicola Coughlan
Pegeen Mike
Éanna Hardwicke
Christy Mahon
Siobhán McSweeney
Widow Quin
Declan Conlon
Old Mahon
Lorcan Cranitch
Michael Flaherty
Megan Cusack
Susan Brady
Naoise Dunbar
Jimmy Farrell
Matthew Forrest
Philly Cullen
Sallay Garnett
Nelly
Fionnuala Gygax
Honor Blake
Erin Hennessey
Fiddle
Peter Mooney
Banjo / Ensemble
Donncha O'Dea
Ensemble
Marty Rea
Shawn Keogh
Susan Akintomide
Ensemble
Martha Breen
Sara Tansey
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