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Playboy of the Western World

9/11/1983

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By J M Synge
Directed by Dawn Somerville

Season: ​9 - 19 November 1983

Set in a pub in western Ireland in the early 1900s, the play tells the story of a young man who attains a hero-like status among the local villagers by telling a rousing story about having murdered his father. He relates his story in an engaging style using an Irish dialect known as Hiberno-English. When the play premiered at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin on January 26, 1907, riots broke out as some felt the plot was immoral and offensive to Ireland.

Cast:
Christopher Mahon (Christy) - Tim Allen
Old Mahon - Keith Cooke
Michael James Flaherty - Mervyn Glue
Margaret Flaherty (Pegeen Mike) - Angela Simpson
Widow Quinn - Toni Glue
Shawn Keogh (Shaneen) - Ross Gumbley
Philly Cullen - David Bridges
Jimmy Farrell - Brian Pearce
Sara Tansey - Petrina Thin
Susan Brady - Helen Coulson
Honor Blake - Mandy Bruce
Villagers - John Riddell, Keven Bolt, Paul Irons​
Picture
Toni Glue, Angie Simpson, Keith Cook, Mervyn Glue, Ross Gumbley, and Tim Allen (front on floor).
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