NT LIVE | The Playboy of the Western World

Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Éanna Hardwick (Normal People) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) come together in a captivating Irish classic by John Millington Synge about youth and the search for identity.

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 rejected, the murderer becomes a local hero and begins winning the hearts of the people around him – until another man unexpectedly appears on the scene…

A darkly funny story full of secrets, filmed live on the stage of the National Theatre and directed by Caitríona McLaughlin.

Playwright: John Millington Synge

Translation: Martin Hilský

Czech subtitles: Zuzana Josková