Martin McDonagh

En un estado totalitario sin nombre, dos policías interrogan al escritor Katurian K. Katurian acerca de una serie de repugnantes crímenes infantiles cometidos por un malhechor desconocido. Al principio, Katurian no se da cuenta de que es el principal sospechoso , debido a que los crimenes son identicos a las historias narradas por el . Mientras que Tupolski, el policia buen, y Ariel , el malo , torturan al escritor para que confiese, este insiste reiteradamente en su inocencia. Cuando le comentan que tienen a su hermano retrasado y que pronto lo van a interrogar de la misma cruel y violenta manera., Katurian les pide una oportunidad para hablar con su hermano. Lo que ocurre es esta tensa escena, provoca un giro inesperado que da lugar a que cuando el joven escritor vuelva, este dispuesto a confesar todo, con la condicion de que no destruyan sus historias.

Im just as good as bloody Pierrepoint. In his small pub in Oldham, Harry is something of a local celebrity. But whats the second-best hangman in England to do on the day theyve abolished hanging? Amongst the cub reporters and sycophantic pub regulars, dying to hear Harrys reaction to the news, a peculiar stranger lurks, with a very different motive for his visit.Dont worry. I may have my quirks but Im not an animal. Or am I? One for the courts to discuss. Martin McDonaghs Hangmen premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 2015.

After months pass without a culprit in her daughters murder case, Mildred Hayes pays for three signs challenging the authority of William Willoughby, the towns revered chief of police. When his second-in-command, Officer Dixon, a mothers boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbings law enforcement threatens to engulf the town.Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a darkly comedic drama from Martin McDonagh. The film won Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes 2018, and Best Film and Best Original Screenplay at 2018 BAFTAs.

In a townhouse in Copenhagen works Hans Christian Andersen, a teller of exquisite and fantastic childrens tales beloved by millions. But the true source of his stories dwells in his attic upstairs, her existence a dark secret kept from the outside world. Dangerous, twisted and funny, Martin McDonaghs new play travels deep into the abysses of the imagination. A Very Very Dark Matter premiered at the Bridge Theatre, London, in October 2018.

Winner: Best Screenplay, Golden Globe Awards 2023. Winner: Best Screenplay, Venice Film Festival 2022.What is he, twelve? Why doesnt he want to be friends with you no more? 1923. As shots ring out from the warring mainland, on the island of Inisherin its the rift between old drinking pals Padraic and Colm that leads both men to ever more alarming action.

Martin McDonagh's plays have been produced in Galway, Dublin, London and New York. They have created excitement and have won numerous awards. In individual editions the plays have been among Methuen's most popular sellers. 'Martin McDonagh's The Leenane Trilogy, one of the great events of the contemporary Irish theatre' (Irish Times). This volume contains: The Beauty Queen of Leenane - 'McDonagh's writing is pitiless but compassionate: he casts a cold, hard, but understanding eye on relationships made of mistrust, hesitation, resentment and malevolence' (Sunday Times); A Skull in Connemara - 'Here, McDonagh's gift is at its most naked and infectious ...it leaves you giddy with gruesome exhilaration' (Financial Times); The Lonesome West: 'The play combines manic energy and physical violence in a way that is both hilarious and viscerally exciting' (Daily Telegraph)"A star is born, bright and blazing, confident, individual and shockingly accomplished" (Sunday Times)

The Beauty Queen of Leenane was first presented as a Druid Theatre/Royal Court Theatre co-production in January 1996. Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, The Beauty Queen of Leenane tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early forties, and Mag her manipulative ageing mother whose interference in Maureen's first and potentially last loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that is as gothically funny as it is horrific.

This Student Edition of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane features expert and helpful annotation, including a scene-by-scene summary, a detailed commentary on the dramatic, social and political context, and on the themes, characters, language and structure of the play, as well a list of suggested reading and questions for further study and a review of performance history. Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, The Beauty Queen of Leenane tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely spinster in her early forties, and Mag her devilishly manipulative ageing mother whose interference in Maureen's first and potentially last loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that is as gothically funny as it is horrific. Maureen might long for the romance that will spirit her away, but if she goes, who will stir the lumps out of Mag's Complan?

"Mr McDonagh is destined to be one of the theatrical luminaries of the 21st century" (The New Republic) In 1934, the people of Inishman learn that the Hollywood director Robert Flaherty is coming to the neighbouring island to film his documentary Man of Aran. No-one is more excited than Cripple Billy, an unloved boy whose chief occupation has been gazing at cows and yearning for a girl who wants no part of him. For Billy is determined to cross the sea and audition for the Yank. And as news of his audacity ripples thorugh his rumour-starved community, The Cripple of Inishmaan becomes a merciless portrayal of a world so comically cramped and mean-spirited that hope is an affront to its order. With this bleak yet uproariously funny play, the young Anglo-Irish dramatist Martin McDonagh fulfills the promise of his award-winning The Beauty Queen of Leenane while confirming his place in a tradition that extends from Synge to O'Casey and Brendan Behan.

Con «La reina de la belleza de Leenane«, «Un cráneo en Connemara» y «El solitario oeste», Martin McDonagh convierte el paisaje rural irlandés en un escenario de desesperación, crueldad y comedia negr

El Hombre Almohada (The Pillowman) tiene lugar en un estado totalitario, donde un escritor es interrogado sobre el parecido de sus atroces relatos con el asesinato de varios niños. Es un thriller de suspense grotesco, hilarante y macabro, que reflexiona sobre el abuso de poder, la violencia o la justicia; una pieza metaficcional, con giros inesperados, sobre la invencion de ficciones que dramatizan y suplantan la realidad. Con un estilo marcado por Tarantino, Pinter, Stoppard, Kafka, Borges y los hermanos Grimm, El Hombre Almohada es una de las obras mas exitosas e inquietantes del aclamado dramaturgo y cineasta angloirlandes Martin McDonagh. Estrenada en 2003 en la Cottlesloe del Nacional Theatre de Londres y galardonada con el Laurence Olivier 2004 a la mejor obra de teatro y el New York Drama Critics& x02019; Circle Awarda2005 aala mejor obra extranjera, ha sido representada con exito de publico y critica en paises de todo el mundo.