A dead dad, a lying stud, and an Irish pub full of thirsty villagers—what could go wrong?
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...
Acting
Coughlan's Pegeen: ferocious, funny, heartbreaking.
Direction
McLaughlin balances riotous comedy with creeping dread.
Production
Live theatre intimacy captured with cinematic precision.
Director
Caitriona McLaughlin
Nicola Coughlan
Pegeen Mike
Éanna Hardwicke
Christy Mahon
Siobhán McSweeney
Widow Quin
Declan Conlon
Old Mahon
Lorcan Cranitch
Michael Flaherty
Megan Cusack
Susan Brady
Naoise Dunbar
Jimmy Farrell
Matthew Forrest
Philly Cullen
Sallay Garnett
Nelly
Fionnuala Gygax
Honor Blake
Erin Hennessey
Fiddle
Peter Mooney
Banjo / Ensemble
Donncha O'Dea
Ensemble
Marty Rea
Shawn Keogh
Susan Akintomide
Ensemble
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Synge's 1907 premiere caused actual riots in Dublin—audiences were outraged by his unflinching portrayal of Irish rural life.
The play interrogates how communities weaponize storytelling; Christy becomes 'the Playboy' only because the villagers need him to be.
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