"Mr McDonagh is destined to be one of the theatrical luminaries of
the 21st century" (The New Republic) In 1934, the people of
Inishman learn that the Hollywood director Robert Flaherty is
coming to the neighbouring island to film his documentary Man of
Aran. No-one is more excited than Cripple Billy, an unloved boy
whose chief occupation has been gazing 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
thorugh his rumour-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. With this bleak
yet uproariously funny play, the young Anglo-Irish dramatist Martin
McDonagh fulfills the promise of his award-winning The Beauty Queen
of Leenane while confirming his place in a tradition that extends
from Synge to O'Casey and Brendan Behan.
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