The Playboy of the Western World

Name: The Playboy of the Western World
Director: Garry Hynes
Cast: Catherine Walsh, Aaron Monaghan, Marie Mullen, Nick Lee, Eamon Morrissey

A black comedy of epic proportions.

115 min

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.

Directed by Garry Hynes · Written by John Millington Synge

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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
Gemma Reeves Sara Tansey
Louise Lewis Honor Blake
Hannah McCabe Susan Brady

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The Cherry Orchard · 2020

The Cherry Orchard

2020

Movie

Bringing together one of the world’s great classic plays with one of Ireland’s greatest writers, Druid present Tom Murphy’s version of Chekhov’s masterpiece The Cherry Orchard at Black Box Theatre, Galway and Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin. A play about land, legacy, and the struggle between tradition and change, this is the first major production of Tom Murphy’s work since his death in 2018.

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