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The Playboy of the Western World

A black comedy of epic proportions.
Jan 6, 2005 · 1h 55m
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Synge’s great comic masterpiece tells the story of Christy Mahon, who stumbles into a public house in County Mayo claiming he has killed his father and so capturing the romantic attention of the daughter of the house, Pegeen Mike.

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CAST

Catherine Walsh
Pegeen Mike
Aaron Monaghan
Christopher Mahon
Marie Mullen
Widow Quin
Nick Lee
Shawn Keogh
Eamon Morrissey
Old Mahon
Derry Power
Michael James Flaherty
Marcus Lamb
Philly O'Cullen
Eoin Lynch
Jimmy Farrell
Directed by Garry Hynes

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Original language
EN
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IE
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