National Theatre Live: The Playboy Of The Western World
Nicola Coughlan (<i>Bridgerton</i>) joins Éanna Hardwicke (<i>The Sixth Commandment</i>) and Siobhán McSweeney (<i>Derry Girls</i>) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.
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…
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.PT2H30MTBC2026-05-28