The Cripple of Inishmaan
A Drama, Theatre, Ireland book. Like all of McDonough's plays, The Cripple of Inishmaan made me really uncomfortable. His writing is brilliant, but...
In 1934, the people of Inishmaan learn that the Hollywood director Robert Flaherty is coming to the neighboring island to film a documentary. No one is more excited than Cripple Billy, an unloved boy whose chief occupation has been grazing at cows and yearning for a girl who wants no part of him. For Billy is determined to cross the sea and audition for the Yank. And as news of his audacity ripples through his rumor-starved community, The Cripple of Inishmaan becomes a merciless portrayal of a world so comically cramped and mean-spirited that hope is an affront to its order.
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 128 pages
- ISBN: 9780375705236 / 375705236
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those who do not suffer from depression Strange to rate a play, I suppose. That's really my only hesitance at rating it higher. I loved it. Hilarious, with lots of tasty dialogue and some great twists and turns along the way.Highly recommended. I'm going to blaze through some more of these.(McDonagh wrote _The Pillowman_, an awesome play I saw at ACT a few years back. He... Like all of McDonough's plays, The Cripple of Inishmaan made me really uncomfortable. His writing is brilliant, but the characters are brutal when speaking to (or about) the boy cripple. As dark as the play was at times, it was still hilarious and it made me want to either direct or be in the play ASAP. The scene toward the end with...
