Set in Michael James Flattery's public house in County Mayo (on the west coast of Ireland) during the early 1900s. The play tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm, claiming he killed his father.

CHRISTY (to himself, counting jugs on dresser.—Half a hundred beyond):
Ten there. A score that’s above. Eighty jugs. Six cups and a broken one. Two plates. A power of glasses.

Playboy of the Western World - John M. Synge - Christy monologue Act2 Sc1