The Playboy of the Western World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Playboy of the Western World runs 1.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Lancaster and Bairbre Dowling (about 1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 1.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 2,498 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bairbre Dowling
Bairbre Dowling narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5 hours in all.
About as long, on the Theatre & Radio shelf
225 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2008 recording read by Various runs about the same length (1.5 hours).
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Playboy of the Western World is an audiobook by John Millington Synge: a 1.5-hour unabridged recording, read by James Lancaster and Bairbre Dowling, released January 1, 2013, on the Theatre & Radio shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Lancaster, Bairbre Dowling
- Released
- January 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Theatre & Radio
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Playboy of the Western World as an audiobook?
The Playboy of the Western World runs 1.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1 hours.
Is The Playboy of the Western World free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Playboy of the Western World?
The Playboy of the Western World is narrated by James Lancaster and Bairbre Dowling.