National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
Drama
Comedy
At the edge of the earth, you could be anyone.
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...
2026-05-28
en
Cast
Director
Caitriona McLaughlin
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
Martha Breen as Sara Tansey