NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Nicola Coughlan, Éanna Hardwick and Siobhán McSweeney star in John Millington Synge's Irish classic about youth and self-discovery.

Pegeen Flaherty's life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub and announces he has killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the murderer becomes a local hero and wins the hearts of those around him - until another man unexpectedly appears.

This darkly comic story was filmed live on the stage of the National Theatre and is directed by Caitríona McLaughlin.