The Beauty Queen of Leenane Martin McDonagh

Although shocking, violence in the plays and films of Martin McDonagh is not out of place. Instead, McDonagh creates violent relationships, delicate balances of trauma, and vicarious enjoyment of the violence to construct a primitive and...

The modern Irish experience can be thought of as a giant hole in which the Irish have had to figure out how to escape. Oftentimes, however, individuals don’t end up finding their way out. This can be linked to two of Martin McDonagh’s works The...