Tag: the-playboy-of-the-western-world

There is no such thing as an unlimited budget that is not paradoxically limited by its duration (as it is in this question for 24 hours) but the whole point is that budgets that are swollen are essential to the magical thinking of self-interest that is supposed to be the driver to capitalist economies. The feeling of the magic bulge of growth in the National Theatre’s ‘The Playboy of the Western World’ seen yesterday night.

May 29, 2026

There is no such thing as an unlimited budget that is not paradoxically limited by its duration (as it is in this question for 24 hours) but the whole point is that budgets that are swollen are essential to the magical thinking of self-interest that is supposed to be the driver to capitalist economies. The … More There is no such thing as an unlimited budget that is not paradoxically limited by its duration (as it is in this question for 24 hours) but the whole point is that budgets that are swollen are essential to the magical thinking of self-interest that is supposed to be the driver to capitalist economies. The feeling of the magic bulge of growth in the National Theatre’s ‘The Playboy of the Western World’ seen yesterday night.

I doubt I would I be the ‘playboy’? This blog is my preparation to see the National Theatre streamed version of the play at the Reel Cinema, Bishop Auckland on Thursday 28th May.

May 9, 2026

I doubt I would I be the ‘playboy’? At the end of John Millington Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World, the so-styled playboy, Christy Mahon, realises that he has been transformed into an incarnated idea destined forever to represent a life of constant playtime and being the object of ‘game’ and joy in the … More I doubt I would I be the ‘playboy’? This blog is my preparation to see the National Theatre streamed version of the play at the Reel Cinema, Bishop Auckland on Thursday 28th May.