National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
At the edge of the earth, you could be anyone.
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...
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- Drama · Humour · Craft
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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...
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- Release date
- May 28, 2026
- Runtime
- 2h 37m
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
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