McDonagh Plays: 1: The Beauty Queen of Leenane; A Skull of Connemara; The Lonesome West (Contemporary Dramatists)
"Martin McDonagh'sThe Leenane Trilogy, one of the great events of the contemporary Irish theatre."—Irish Times "McDonagh's writing is pitiless but compassionate: he casts a cold, hard, but understanding eye on relationships made of mistrust, hesitation, resentment and malevolence."—Sunday Times of London "McDonagh's gift is at its most naked and infectious . . . it leaves you giddy with gruesome exhilaration."—Financial Times (A Skull in Connemara) "The play combines manic energy and physical violence in a way that is both hilarious and viscerally exciting."—Daily Telegraph (The Lonesome West)"A star is born, bright and blazing, confident, individual and shockingly accomplished"—Sunday Times