Skull of Connemara (Methuen Modern Plays) [Paperback]

Martin McDonagh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1997 | ISBN-10: 0413719707 | ISBN-13: 978-0413719706

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'[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 London, 25.6.09

About the Author

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), The Cripple of Inishmaan (1996), The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2001, nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play in 2006) and The Pillowman (2003). The Pillowman won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2004, and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play in 2005. Martin McDonagh is the first dramatist since Shakespeare to have four works professionally produced on the London stage in one single season.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Heinemann (Txt) (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0413719707
• ISBN-13: 978-0413719706
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,284,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Martin McDonagh is the author of six plays, including the Tony Award-nominated The Beauty Queen of Leenane.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good story, with added gritty humour, February 10, 1999

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This review is from: Skull of Connemara (Methuen Modern Plays) (Paperback)

I found this play humorous, with its grisly portrail of Mick Dowd's profession. It's a slick Horror/Thriller/Comedy which delighted me through to the end. I would recomend this book if you like light gore with your humour.