1st Edition

Martin McDonagh A Casebook

Edited By Richard Rankin Russell Copyright 2007
208 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This book represents the first collection of original critical material on Martin McDonagh, one of the most celebrated young playwrights of the last decade. Credited with reinvigorating contemporary Irish drama, his dark, despairing comedies have been performed extensively both on Broadway and in the West End, culminating in an Olivier Award for the The Pillowman and an Academy Award for his... Read more

1. The Identity Politics of Martin McDonagh  2. Martin McDonagh’s Stagecraft  3. Comedy and Violence in The Beauty Queen of Leenane  4. The 'Ineffectual Father Welsh/Walsh': Anti-Catholicism and Catholicism in Martin McDonagh’s The Leenane Trilogy  5. Postmodern Theatricality in the Dutch/Flemish Adaptation of Martin McDonagh’s The Leenane Trilogy  6. Breaking Bodies: The Presence of Violence on Martin McDonagh’s Stage  7. Martin McDonagh and the Contemporary Gothic  8. The Pillowman: A New Story to Tell  9. 'Never Mind the Shamrocks' - Globalizing Martin McDonagh  10. Chronology of Martin McDonagh’s Life and Works

Biography

Richard Rankin Russell is Assistant Professor of English at Baylor University.