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

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

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2h 37m

2026

Released

en

Drama Comedy

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...

Release Date

May 28, 2026

Production

National Theatre

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Cast

16 people

Nicola Coughlan

Pegeen Mike

Acting

Éanna Hardwicke

Christy Mahon

Acting

Siobhán McSweeney

Widow Quin

Acting

Declan Conlon

Old Mahon

Acting

Lorcan Cranitch

Michael Flaherty

Acting

Megan Cusack

Susan Brady

Acting

Naoise Dunbar

Jimmy Farrell

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Matthew Forrest

Philly Cullen

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Sallay Garnett

Nelly

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Fionnuala Gygax

Honor Blake

Acting

Erin Hennessey

Fiddle

Production

Peter Mooney

Banjo / Ensemble

Acting

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