Emerald Isle in " The Cripple of Inishmaan ," the playwright's darkly hilarious and surprisingly moving comedy which opened Sunday at off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company.
Though London-born, McDonagh, author of " The Beauty Queen of Leenane " and " The Lieutenant of Inishmore ," has deep Irish roots, a DNA which have given him a sharp eye for Irish characters and an even sharper ear for the way they talk. And talk they do in this carefully calibrated revival, a joint production of the Atlantic and the Druid Theatre of Galway, Ireland . McDonagh's attitude is both joyous and jaundiced in its depiction of the colorful residents of Inishmaan, a hardscrabble island off the west coast of Ireland, circa 1934.
Full Story: Martin McDonagh celebrates Irish eccentricities (AP)
Though London-born, McDonagh, author of " The Beauty Queen of Leenane " and " The Lieutenant of Inishmore ," has deep Irish roots, a DNA which have given him a sharp eye for Irish characters and an even sharper ear for the way they talk. And talk they do in this carefully calibrated revival, a joint production of the Atlantic and the Druid Theatre of Galway, Ireland . McDonagh's attitude is both joyous and jaundiced in its depiction of the colorful residents of Inishmaan, a hardscrabble island off the west coast of Ireland, circa 1934.
Full Story: Martin McDonagh celebrates Irish eccentricities (AP)
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