John Millington Synge
The Playboy of the Western World
How to become a hero quickly and easily… even if it means getting into serious trouble? In a remote pub in the Irish countryside, a frightened young man named Christy Mahon suddenly shows up with a story about how he killed his father with a rake.
He should be brought to justice, but among the residents—who can’t see beyond the horizon of grazing sheep—he becomes a veritable celebrity. And all this before he even finishes his first beer. But is Christy truly a hero who defied his fate, or was he merely a figment of others’ imaginations?
*Hero of the West* is a tragicomic tale about how easily we create a charismatic savior when his story flatters our ego—and how quickly we’re ready to cast him aside when he no longer suits us.
scene
Malá scéna
opening night
31. 10. 2026
Creators
- Translation:
- Martin Hilský
- Director:
- Adam Doležal
- Dramaturgy:
- Klára Špičková
- Set Design:
- Michaela Semotánová
- Costume Design:
- Agnieszka Pátá Oldak
- Music:
- Petr Zeman
- Lighting Design:
- Antonín Pfleger
- Stage Manager:
- Martin Chmelař
- Prompter:
- Gabriela Vašková
Prersons and actors
- Christy Mahon:
- Matěj Převrátil
- Mahon, jeho otec, pachtýř:
- Zdeněk Hruška
- Michael James Flaherty (zvaný Michael James), hospodský:
- Michal Štěrba
- Margareta Flahertyová (zvaná Pegeen Mikeova), jeho dcera:
- Eliška Vocelová
- Vdova Quinnová:
- Apolena Veldová
- Shawn Keogh, její bratranec, mladý farmář:
- Matyáš Greif
- Philly Cullen, rolník:
- Miloslav Krejsa
- Jimmy Farrell, rolník:
- Libor Stach
- Sára Tanseyová, dívka z vesnice:
- Nicole Tisotová
- Zuzana Bradyová, Honora Blakeová, Nelly, dívky z vesnice:
- Emma Česáková, Magdalena Mikešová, Yaroslava Ovsiichuk, Viktorie Vopatová
- Veřejný vyvolávač:
- Martin Chmelař
