National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Name: National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
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.

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

Timing: 2:37 (157 min)

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https://www.ntlive.com/plays/the-playboy-of-the-western-world

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Caitriona McLaughlin

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Nicola Coughlan, Éanna Hardwicke, Siobhán McSweeney, Declan Conlon, Lorcan Cranitch, Megan Cusack, Naoise Dunbar, Matthew Forrest, Sallay Garnett, Fionnuala Gygax
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John Millington Synge

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Anna Mullarkey

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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...