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Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w, 3m
Martin McDonagh
This third McDonagh play set in the Connemara region of Ireland features two brothers living alone in their father’s house after his recent death and the local priest who attempts to reconcile the two before their petty squabbling spirals into vicious and bloody carnage.
Nominee: 1999 Tony Award for Best Play
Valene and Coleman, two brothers living alone in their father’s house after his recent death, find it impossible to exist without massive and violent disputes over the most mundane and innocent of topics. Only Father Welsh, the local young priest, is prepared to try to reconcile the two before their petty squabbling spirals into vicious and bloody carnage.
This is the third work in Martin McDonagh’s trilogy of plays set in the Connemara region of Ireland, including The Beauty Queen of Leenane and A Skull in Connemara.
The Lonesome West premiered in Galway, Ireland as a co-production between Druid Theatre Company and the Royal Court Theatre at the Town Hall Theatre on 10 June 1997 before transferring to the Royal Court Theatre downstairs in London, opening as part of their presentation of The Leenane Trilogy on 19 July 1997. Directed by Garry Hynes, both productions featured Dawn Bradfield, David Ganly, Brían F. O’Byrne and Maelíosa Stafford.
It later opened on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre on 29 April 1999 with the same cast and creative team.
GIRLEEN KELLEHER – 17.FATHER WELSH – Late 20s/early 30s.COLEMAN CONNOR – 40s.VALENE CONNOR – 40s.
A kitchen and living room of an old farmhouse in Leenane, Galway. Present day (or 1990s).
“Combines manic energy and physical violence in a way that is both hilarious and viscerally exciting.” – Daily Telegraph
“We shouldn’t be laughing, but... we are... Deliver[s] McDonagh’s signature style of tragedy-tinged comedy.” – The Irish Times
“Martin McDonagh’s pitch-black comedy crackles with biting dialogue and sudden bursts of violence. The play’s gallows humor and unflinching exploration of sibling rivalry push the boundaries of taste, while still maintaining a twisted sense of morality at its core. McDonagh’s masterful blend of farce and brutality creates a uniquely Irish Gothic atmosphere, where laughter and horror walk hand in hand.” – The Royal Court Theatre’s Living Archive
“Only Martin McDonagh could make the importance of vol-au-vents to a funeral in the west of Ireland a theme of subversive hilarity, but subversion is McDonagh’s comic gift.” – The Irish Times
The Lonesome West – Trailer, Royal Court Liverpool
The Lonesome West – Audience Responses, The Everyman in Cork
Martin McDonagh’s body of work is comprised of the plays The Pillowman (Winner! 2004 Olivier Awards, Best New Play, Nominee: 2005 Tony Awards, Best Play), The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Winner! 2003 Olivier Awards, Best New Comedy), The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Nominee: 1998 T ...
by Martin McDonagh