Martin McDonagh
McDonagh emerged from the mid-1990s as the most provocatively entertaining playwright on the British and Irish stage, writing savage black comedies set in a darkly mythologized rural Ireland. The Beauty Queen of Leenane established his reputation overnight.
Works
- The Beauty Queen of LeenaneDark comedy about a woman caring for her abusive elderly mother in Ireland
- The PillowmanThriller about a storyteller imprisoned and forced to create dark tales
- The Lonesome WestViolent comedy following two feuding brothers and a pragmatic priest
- A Skull in ConnemaraDark farce set in an Irish graveyard exploring murder and morality
- The Lieutenant of InishmoreViolent comedy about a IRA deserter seeking redemption in rural Ireland