The Playboy of the Western World
Playboy of the Western World, The Author: J. M. Synge
First Performance: 1907, Dublin
Published: 1907
Genre: Com. in 3 acts
Setting: A shebeen near a village on the coast of Mayo, Ireland, 1900s
Cast: 7m, 5f, extras
Pegeen Mike (Margaret Flaherty) lives with her father Michael James in a rough country public-house. She is engaged to a local farmer Shawn Keogh, but he is so afraid of the priest's disapproval that he flees rather than stay with her alone. A tired young man Christy Mahon arrives. Eventually Christy confesses that he is on the run from the police because he has murdered his father. He becomes the centre of attention, and Michael James offers him a job as potboy, since he is clearly a brave young fellow. Pegeen becomes attracted to the stranger and repels the advances of Shawn's cousin the Widow...
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