The Beauty Queen of Leenane
by Martin Mcdonagh

Name: The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Brand: Martin Mcdonagh
SKU: 9780822216643
Rating: 4.08 (22 reviews)

Broadway Off-Broadway West End

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Highlights

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120 mins 1990s Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Awards & Recognition

Drama Critics Circle Drama Desk Award Lucille Lortel Award Olivier Award Outer Critics Circle Tony Award

Winner! 1998 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play Winner! 1998 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Winner! 1998 Outer Critics Circle Award Best Broadway Play Nominee: 1997 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play Nominee: 1998 Tony Award for Best Play Nominee: 1998 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play

Synopsis

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 40s, and Mag, her manipulative aging mother, whose interference in Maureen’s first and possibly final chance of a loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that leads inexorably towards the play’s terrifying dénouement.

Press Reviews

"Stunning… Martin McDonagh’s bitter-humored play of thwarted dreams is as powerful as ever."
— The Guardian

"The Beauty Queen of Leenane, set entirely in a terminally shabby Irish cottage, is about the terror unleashed when love is undermined and the intimacy of family life subverted by the need for absolute control."
— The New York Times

"McDonagh is a natural storyteller who knows how to express a theme through action, and he knows how to create a gallery of fascinating rogues… [He] has managed to celebrate what remains enduring and alive in human nature even in the most appalling circumstances… McDonagh is destined to be one of the theatrical luminaries of the 21st century."
— New Republic

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
MAUREEN FOLAN 40. Plain, slim.	—	40	40. Plain, slim.
MAG FOLAN Her mother, 70. Stout, frail.	female	70	Her mother, 70. Stout, frail.
PATO DOOLEY A good-looking local man around age 40.	male	40	A good-looking local man around age 40.
RAY DOOLEY His brother, age 20.	male	20	His brother, age 20.