National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
Caitriona McLaughlin2026-05-28
At the edge of the earth, you could be anyone.
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157 min
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...
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Nicola Coughlan | Pegeen Mike | Zac E. Chan |
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Éanna Hardwicke | Christy Mahon | Unowned |
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Siobhán McSweeney | Widow Quin | Unowned |
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Declan Conlon | Old Mahon | Unowned |
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Lorcan Cranitch | Michael Flaherty | Unowned |
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Megan Cusack | Susan Brady | Unowned |
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Naoise Dunbar | Jimmy Farrell | Unowned |
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Matthew Forrest | Philly Cullen | Unowned |
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Sallay Garnett | Nelly | Unowned |
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Fionnuala Gygax | Honor Blake | Unowned |
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Erin Hennessey | Fiddle | Unowned |
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Peter Mooney | Banjo / Ensemble | Unowned |
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Donncha O'Dea | Ensemble | Unowned |
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Marty Rea | Shawn Keogh | Unowned |
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Susan Akintomide | Ensemble | Unowned |
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Marty Breen | Sara Tansey | Unowned |