The playboy of the Western World

Set in Michael James Flaherty's public house in County Mayo (on the west coast of Ireland) during the early 1900s, it tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm, claiming he killed his father. The locals are more interested in vicariously enjoying his story than in condemning the immorality of his murderous deed. He captures the romantic attention of the bar-maid Pegeen Mike, the daughter of Flaherty.

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"Set in Michael James Flaherty's public house in County Mayo (on the west coast of Ireland) during the early 1900s, it tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm, claiming he killed his father. The locals are more interested in vicariously enjoying his story than in condemning the immorality of his murderous deed. He captures the romantic attention of the bar-maid Pegeen Mike, the daughter of Flaherty."@en
"The story of an Irishman who becomes the town hero after he boasts of murdering his father."
"The story of an Irishman who becomes the town hero after he boasts of murdering his father."@en
"The story centres on Christie Mahon, a timid peasant boy, who flees home, convinced that he has killed his father. His act is treated by the people to whom he flees, as a piece of heroic audacity, and his personality is transformed. Although it is an apparent comedy, verging on farce, a sense of tragedy is always beneath the surface."@en
"In a wayside pub near a village in County Mayo in western Ireland, Christopher Mahon becomes a local hero when he announces to the patrons that he's killed his father. This play premiered in 1907 and it immediately provoked controversy, eventually resulting in the infamous "Playboy Riots.""@en
""The story of a man who becomes the town hero after he boasts of murdering his father. Riots greeted the first performance of this 1907 comic masterpiece of the Irish Literary Renaissance."--L.A. Theatre Works, Audio Theatre Collection."@en
"The story of a man who becomes the town hero after he boasts of murdering his father."@en
"In a wayside pub near a village in County Mayo in western Ireland, Christopher Mahon becomes a local hero when he announces to the patrons that he's killed his father."@en
"Orson Bean and Alley Mills star in the story of a man who becomes the town hero after he boasts of murdering his father. Riots greeted the first performance of this 1907 comic masterpiece of the Irish Literary Renaissance. L.A. Theatre Works reprises the Pacific Residents Theatres̕ acclaimed production."
"Orson Bean and Alley Mills star in the story of a man who becomes the town hero after he boasts of murdering his father. Riots greeted the first performance of this 1907 comic masterpiece of the Irish Literary Renaissance. L.A. Theatre Works reprises the Pacific Residents Theatreis acclaimed production. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Orson Bean, Robert Evan Collins, Alexander Enberg, Jacqueline Heinze, Stuart W. Howard, Dennis Madden, Seth Margolies, Alley Mills, Carolyn Palmer and Sarah Moyo Tracey."@en