Martin McDonagh A Casebook [Paperback]

This book represents the first collection of original critical material on Martin McDonagh, one of the most celebrated young playwrights of the last decade. Credited with reinvigorating contemporary Irish drama, his dark, despairing comedies have been performed extensively both on Broadway and in the West End, culminating in an Olivier Award for the The Pillowmanand an Academy Award for his short film Six Shooter.

In Martin McDonagh, Richard Rankin Russell brings together a variety of theoretical perspectives  from globalization to the gothic  to survey McDonaghs plays in unprecedented critical depth. Specially commissioned essays cover topics such as identity politics, the shadow of violence and the role of Catholicism in the work of this most precocious of contemporary dramatists.

Contributors:Marion Castleberry, Brian Cliff, Joan Fitzpatrick Dean, Maria Doyle, Laura Eldred, Jos? Lanters, Patrick Lonergan, Stephanie Pocock, Richard Rankin Russell, Karen Vandevelde

1. The Identity Politics of Martin McDonagh  2. Martin McDonaghs Stagecraft  3. Comedy and Violence in The Beauty Queen of Leenane  4. The 'Ineffectual Father Welsh/Walsh': Anti-Catholicism and Catholicism in Martin McDonaghs The Leenane Trilogy  5. Postmodern Theatricality in the Dutch/Flemish Adaptation of Martin McDonaghs The Leenane Trilogy  6. Breaking Bodies: The Presence of Violence on Martin McDonaghs Stage  7. Martin McDonagh and the Contemporary Gothic  8. The Pillowman: A New Story to Tell  9. 'Never Mind the Shamrocks' - Globalizing Martin McDonagh  10. Chronology of Martin McDonaghs Life and Works