The Skull of Connemara is a gritty, dark comedy. Everything that distinguishes McDonagh’s dramaturgy, naked psychologism, the absurd dead end of recognizable...

The heroes of “The Cripple of Inishmaan” live on a small abandoned Irish island, where everyone knows, loves and hates each other at the same time. Everyone ...

In the play, the action takes place not in mythopoetic Ireland, but in modern America. McDonagh delivers a daring, ironic, hilariously funny and, indeed, emi...

The Lonely West is a cruel and dark comedy. Everything that distinguishes McDonagh’s dramaturgy, naked psychologism, the absurd dead end of recognizable life...

The Anthology of Contemporary British Drama features for the first time the works of the most significant authors living and working today, both established ...

“The Lieutenant of Inishmore” is an eccentric play with lots of blood and various kinds of curses. Padraic, a second lieutenant in the Irish Liberation Army,...

“Martin McDonagh is truly one of the great playwrights of our time. The deepest, most difficult playwright No simpler than Ostrovrsky, Chekhov, Albee, Becket...

The author's title of the play is “The Beauty from Linen”, it is included in the “Linen Trilogy”. “Beauty from Linen” under the name “Beauty Queen” was stage...

At first glance, McDonagh's play does not contain any sharp conflicts or branched plot lines. The action takes place in the Irish “darkness”, the town of Lin...