Playboys, The

Synopsis: Feature film. Set in Ireland in 1957, strong-willed Tara (Wright) is an unmarried mother who refuses to name the father of her child and is therefore seen as shameful by the townsfolk. When a troupe of travelling actors, The Playboys, arrives in town she is attracted to Tom (Quinn), one of the players, to the anger of the local policeman, Constable Hegarty (Finney), who has always been in love with her. Actor-manager Freddie (O’Shea) leads the troupe and there are several scenes from their performance of Othello (it begins with a can can)and in a plot parallel Hegarty finds Tara’s handkerchief in a barn who he sees as confirmation that she and Tom have had a tryst.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain; Ireland; United States
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1992
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Travelling players