description: 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.
language: English
title: The Playboy of the Western World
titlecomplete: The Playboy of the Western World (Collected Works of John Millington Synge)
genres: Fiction, Plays, Ireland, Theatre, Drama, School, Read For School, Classics, Irish Literature, 20th Century
ratings_count: 5099
places: Ireland
publisher: Classic Books