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SKULL OF CONNEMARA (Methuen Modern Plays)
Martin Mcdonagh
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Winner 1996 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright; Winner 1996 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright For one week each autumn, Mick Dowd is hired to disinter the bones in certain sections of his local cemetery, to make way for new arrivals. As the time approaches for him to dig up those of his own late wife, strange rumours regarding his involvement in her sudden death seven years ago gradually begin to resurface.
Winner 1996 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright; Winner 1996 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright For one week each autumn, Mick Dowd is hired to disinter the bones in certain sections of his local cemetery, to make way for new arrivals. As the time approaches for him to dig up those of his own late wife, strange rumours regarding his involvement in her sudden death seven years ago gradually begin to resurface.
Product Details
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780413719706
SKU
V9780413719706
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About Martin Mcdonagh
Martin McDonagh was born in London in 1970. Most of his early writing consisted of radio plays and screenplays, until he wrote a series of theatre plays in 1994/1995 that would bring success. In 1999 The Lonesome West was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. Other plays that were published and produced are A Skull in Connemara (1997), ... Read more
Reviews for SKULL OF CONNEMARA (Methuen Modern Plays)
'[A] macabre little masterpiece... McDonagh disposes the elements of his play with a beautiful intricacy and his banter is bang up to date.' Lloyd Evans, Spectator, 27.6.09 This slice of Irish gothic isn't for the faint-hearted: with all the fecks and blood and smashing of skulls, it's a bit of an assault on the senses.' Robert Shore, Time Out ... Read more