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The Playboy of the Western World

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A play by J. M. Synge.
The action takes place in a shebeen near a village on the wild coast of Mayo, Ireland.
(Repeat Performance)
(to 16.30)

Contributors

Author:
J. M. Synge
Producer:
Fred O'Donovan
Christopher Mahon:
Patrick Boxill
Old Mahon, his father:
Tom Warden
Michael James Flaherty, a publican:
Arthur Sinclair
Margaret Flaherty (called Pegeen Mike):
Phyllis Ryan
Shawn Keogh, her cousin:
Edward Byrne
Widow Quin:
Ann Clery
Small farmer - Philly Cullen:
Adrian Byrne
Small farmer - Jimmy Farrel:
E. J. Kennedy
Village girl - Sara Tansey:
Joyce Chancellor
Village girl - Susan Brady:
Maureen Cusack
Village girl - Honor Blake:
Rose Murray
A bellman:
Billy Kelly
Peasant:
Dennis Vance
Peasant:
Nigel Arkwright
Peasant:
Alan Crawley
Peasant:
Phyllis Byford
Peasant:
Rosamund Merivale
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