| Description |
1 online resource (60 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Royal Court writers series |
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Royal Court writers series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Martin McDonagh; Plot; Commentary; Context and background; Themes; Irish national identity; Violence; In-yer-face theatre; Catholicism, the Church and morality; Satire and comedy; Gender and sexuality; Globalisation; Emigration; Escape; Genre; Naturalism; Kitchen sink drama; Théâtre du grand guignol; Melodrama; Language; Hiberno English; Structure; Characters; Maureen Folan; Mag Folan; Pato Dooley; Ray Dooley; Production history and critical reaction; Further Reading; THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE; Notes; Questions for Further Study |
| Summary |
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 age |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mothers and daughters -- Drama
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Mothers and daughters
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| SUBJECT |
Connemara (Ireland) -- Drama
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| Subject |
Ireland -- Connemara
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| Genre/Form |
Drama
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Drama.
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Théâtre.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Royal Court Theatre.
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| ISBN |
1472518632 |
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9781472518637 |
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