# Nelly — The Playboy of the Western World character guide

> Nelly in The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Lady Helen of Troy

**First appearance:** 0003-act-i

## Who they are

A minor character mentioned in the village crowd.

## Relationships

### [Christy Mahon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_playboy_of_the_western_world_se/characters/christy_mahon)

_social_

Nelly is a local girl who, like others, is drawn to Christy's romanticized tale and joins in the village's adulation of him.

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