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PRAISE FOR MARTIN MCDONAGH AND THE PILLOWMAN:
"McDonagh is destined to be one of the theatrical luminaries of the 21st century." -"-The New Republic"
"Energizing . . . a blindingly bright black comedy." --Ben Brantley, "The New York Times"
"A complex tale about life and art, about fact and illusion, about politics, society, cruelty and creativity." --Alastair Macaulay, "Financial Times"
"Martin McDonagh, master of bad taste in black comedy's cause and persistent enfant terrible, leaps towards maturity in this dazzling, disquieting nightmare of a play which makes up its own Grimm fairy-tales." --Nicholas de Jongh, "Evening Standard"
"A play of extraordinary power and stunning theatrical bravura." --Michael Coveney, "Daily Mail"
"McDonagh is destined to be one of the theatrical luminaries of the 21st century." -"-The New Republic"
"Energizing . . . a blindingly bright black comedy." --Ben Brantley, "The New York Times"
"A complex tale about life and art, about fact and illusion, about politics, society, cruelty and creativity." --Alastair Macaulay, "Financial Times"
"Martin McDonagh, master of bad taste in black comedy's cause and persistent enfant terrible, leaps towards maturity in this dazzling, disquieting nightmare of a play which makes up its own Grimm fairy-tales." --Nicholas de Jongh, "Evening Standard"
"A play of extraordinary power and stunning theatrical bravura." --Michael Coveney, "Daily Mail"
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A writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a number of child-murders that are happening in his town.
'Sometimes you don't even know what you've been craving until the real thing comes along.' New York Times
'McDonagh is more than just a very clever theatrical stylist. His tricks and turns have a purpose. They are bridges over a deep pit of sympathy and sorrow, illuminated by a tragic vision of stunted and frustrated lives.' Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times
Martin McDonagh's searingly brilliant new play premières at the National Theatre, London in November 2003.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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A storyteller is pulled in by police for investigation into a number of child murders. The author's stories feature brutal, harrowing and explicy child murders, all told in a eerie fairytale manner, and the murderer has been copying these scenarios. So. inevitably the police suspect the author is the murder and set to break him into confessing.
This is a great play, and written with such energy that it really needs to be seen in performance. But if living in a theatrical vacuum like me , the second best option to to buy the text and 'play' the scenes out in your head.
The shocking conclusion is just as brutal and harrowing as some of the authors stories, and leaves you cast adrft in your thoughts. Cracking play.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This play deserves a resounding cheer for managing to approach a potentially controversial and difficult subject (the massacring of tiny infants) with startling ease and intelligence. The dialogue is second to none, and the play offers excellent two and three-handers for theatre students to use for rehearsal and showcase purposes. I was lucky enough to watch the play at it's recent run at the National Theatre, and the production lived up to the writing in winning style. I was lucky enough to get my copy signed by the entire cast, and I can't stop re-reading this truly brilliant play!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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In the great tradition of oral stories, Martin McDonagh breathlessly pulls his audience into a grown-up Grimm tale of murder. Within these stories runs a narrative of neglect and abuse. Of course it's dramatic, but I don't believe that the work is mawkish, gratuitous or didactic.
I saw the original theatre production starring Jim Broadbent and David Tennant, which was electrifying. The visual devices brought the play leaping from page to stage, but you can still appreciate the playscript as a stand-alone text, illuminating as it does McDonagh's skill at manipulating spare, scorching dialogue.
I saw the original theatre production starring Jim Broadbent and David Tennant, which was electrifying. The visual devices brought the play leaping from page to stage, but you can still appreciate the playscript as a stand-alone text, illuminating as it does McDonagh's skill at manipulating spare, scorching dialogue.
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