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The Playboy of the Western World

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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.

DirectorGarry Hynes
WriterJohn Millington Synge

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Cast · Directed by Garry Hynes

CW
Catherine Walsh
Pegeen Mike
AMAaron Monaghan
Aaron Monaghan
Christopher Mahon
MMMarie Mullen
Marie Mullen
Widow Quin
NLNick Lee
Nick Lee
Shawn Keogh
EM
Eamon Morrissey
Old Mahon
DP
Derry Power
Michael James Flaherty
MLMarcus Lamb
Marcus Lamb
Philly O'Cullen
EL
Eoin Lynch
Jimmy Farrell
GR
Gemma Reeves
Sara Tansey
LL
Louise Lewis
Honor Blake
HM
Hannah McCabe
Susan Brady

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The Playboy of the Western World hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 24, 2005. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.