Largely, the world that Martin McDonagh writes about is one of cruelty and dark humor fitfully illuminated by explosions of sudden violence, from the steady accumulation of hatefulness in The Beauty Queen of Leenane to the poor bastard hung upside down from a cord and tortured in The Lieutenant of Inishmore . There is no lack of unkindness and mockery in his earlier play The Cripple of Inishmaan , but it’s notable in McDonagh’s body of work for the characters’ occasional decency and the quiet but undeniable presence of a glimmer of hope. more ›
Largely, the world that Martin McDonagh writes about is one of cruelty and dark humor fitfully illuminated by explosions of sudden violence, from the steady accumulation of hatefulness in The Beauty Queen of Leenane to the poor bastard hung upside down from a cord and tortured in The Lieutenant of Inishmore . There is no lack of unkindness and mockery in his earlier play The Cripple of Inishmaan , but it’s notable in McDonagh’s body of work for the characters’ occasional decency and the quiet but undeniable presence of a glimmer of hope. more ›
