National Theatre Live 2026
The Playboy of the Western World
by John Millington Synge
directed by Caitríona McLaughlin
Filmed live from the National Theatre in 2026
Nicola Coughlan joins Éanna Hardwicke and Siobhán McSweeney in John Millington Synge’s riveting
play of youth and self-discovery.
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Production 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…
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with
secrets.