NT LIVE: THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD

Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Éanna Hardwick (Normal People), and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) come together in John Millington Synge’s compelling Irish classic about youth and the search for self.

Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub and announces that he has killed his father. Instead of being ostracized, the murderer becomes a local hero and begins to win over the hearts of the townspeople—until a second man unexpectedly appears on the scene…

This darkly humorous story full of mystery, filmed live on the stage of the National Theater, is directed by Caitríona McLaughlin.