Movie
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
2026 · 157 min
A filmed stage production that crackles with lyrical Irish talk, shifting between comedy and unease as a stranger's tall tale seduces a whole village.
- Directed by
- Caitriona McLaughlin
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Starring
- Nicola Coughlan, Éanna Hardwicke, Siobhán McSweeney
- Tagline
- At the edge of the earth, you could be anyone.
- 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...
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, deception, celebrity, family
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Caitriona McLaughlin
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Starring
- Nicola Coughlan, Éanna Hardwicke, Siobhán McSweeney
