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The Playboy of the Western World
The Playboy of the Western World
	Original film poster
Directed by	Brian Desmond Hurst
Screenplay by	Brian Desmond Hurst; Roland Kibbee
Based on	The Playboy of the Western World; by John Millington Synge
Produced by	Michael Killanin; Denis O'Dell; Brendan Smith
Starring	Gary Raymond; Siobhán McKenna
Cinematography	Geoffrey Unsworth
Music by	Seán Ó Riada
Distributed by	Janus Films
Release date	1962;
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States
Language	English

The Playboy of the Western World is a 1962 film version of the 1907 play written by John Millington Synge. It was directed and co-written by Brian Desmond Hurst and stars Gary Raymond and Siobhán McKenna. Filmed in County Kerry, the film features many of the Abbey Players. The film was produced by the Four Provinces company created in 1952 by Hurst and Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin who had previously produced John Ford’s The Rising of the Moon^[1] and Gideon's Day.

Plot

A young man from a far away village appears in County Mayo announcing to all and sundry that he has murdered his father with a blow to the head. With the tale growing in the telling, the young man becomes a local hero, until his angry father comes to fetch him home.

Cast

Gary Raymond as Christy Mahon
Siobhán McKenna as Pegeen Mike
Elspeth March as The Widow Quinn
Liam Redmond as Michael James
Niall MacGinnis as Old Man Mahon

Production

The film was shot at Inch Strand on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry. William Constable, the art director built a cottage close to the beach.

Home Media

After years of unavailability, the film was remastered from the original film elements and released on both DVD and Blu-Ray by Network Distributing in May 2021.^[2] The release includes an image gallery, a trailer, and an interview with Gary Raymond recorded in March 2021.^[3]

References

^ p.527 McBride, Joseph Searching for John Ford Univ. Press of Mississippi, 15/02/2011
^ The Playboy of the Western World Blu-ray (United Kingdom), retrieved 18 November 2021
^ "Playboy of the Western World (The)". Network On Air. Retrieved 18 November 2021.