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Book SynopsisPatrick Lonergan is Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He writes about theatre for
The Irish Times and
Irish Theatre Magazine. His first book,
Theatre and Globalization, was awarded the 2008 Theatre Book Prize. He has authored two Student Editions of plays by Martin McDonagh, is editor of
The Methuen Drama Anthology of Irish Plays and series editor of the Critical Companions series.
Trade ReviewPatrick Lonergan - as enthusiastic as a true film buff ought to be, yet as defensive as a proud father - seeks to soothe the hostilities, and to show that the sheer force of the reactions to McDonagh's work has provoked only prove his momentous talent... [the book provides] a wealth of information and resources. -- Ruth Gilligan * Times Literary Supplement *
As Patrick Lonergan's entertaining and enjoyable study of the playwright and film-maker points out, academics have frequently been more hostile [than critics]. Lonergan attempts to re-address this...By shifting the focus of his debate away from perennial debates surrounding the authenticity of Irish representation, Lonergan is able to pose much more interesting questions about the relationship between the author and his work...each section includes a very useful section of production analysis. The book also includes an extremely detailed glossary offering readers explanations of all the terms and major historical events dis cussed in McDonagh’s plays...Lonergan’s easy conversational tone and knowledgeable discussion of the plays will, though, be of interest to a general readership interested in McDonagh’s work, and this book offers a comprehensive account of his varied and occasionally controversial career to date. -- Catherine Rees * New Theatre Quarterly *
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: ‘MARTIN MCDONAGH: FACTS AND FICTIONS'
1 THE LEENANE TRILOGY
Introduction: The Murder Capital of Europe?
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
A Skull in Connemara
The Lonesome West
Druid Theatre and The Leenane Trilogy in production
2 THE ARAN ISLANDS PLAYS
Introduction
The Cripple of Inishmaan
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
The Aran Islands Plays
Staging The Lieutenant and The Cripple
3 WORLD PLAYS
The Pillowman
A Behanding in Spokane
The Plays in production
4 THE FILMS
Six Shooter
In Bruges
McDonagh and cinema
5 CRITICAL AND PERFORMANCE PERSPECTIVES
Garry Hynes in conversation: Monstrous Children
‘Like Tottenham': Martin McDonagh's Postmodern Morality Tales (José Lanters)
A Symbiotic Relationship: The Works of Martin McDonagh and Ecocriticism (Karen O'Brien)
McDonagh and Postcolonial Theory: Practices, Perpetuations, Divisions, and Legacies (Eamonn Jordan)
McDonagh's Gender Troubles (Joan Dean)
6 CONCLUSION
7 RESOURCES
Chronology of the life and work of Martin McDonagh
A note on language
Glossary of Irish words and slang
Cultural, Political, Literary and Historical References
Further Reading
