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5%OFFMartin McDonagh - The Cripple of Inishmaan - 9781472532282 - 9781472532282
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The Cripple of Inishmaan

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Description for The Cripple of Inishmaan Paperback. A Student Edition of the uproariously funny play from Tony- and Oscar-winning writer Martin McDonagh. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 199 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
In 1934, the people of Inishmaan 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 Billy, an unloved and crippled 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. As news of his audacity ripples through his rumour-starved community, The Cripple of Inishmaan becomes a merciless portrayal of a world ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Student Editions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472532282
SKU
9781472532282
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Ref
99-1

About Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonagh is a Tony- and Oscar-winning scriptwriter whose first play, The Beauty Queen of Leenane. won multiple awards including four Tonys and the Laurence Olivier Award. He has gone on to write many smash-hit shows and films, winning an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film for Six Shooter (2005), an Oscar nomination, a British Independent Film ... Read more

Reviews for The Cripple of Inishmaan
A darkly savage account of lives stunted in a small 1930s rural community... McDonagh offers a cast of characters whose frail humanity is tested by the fictions that they weave... break-your-heart, cruelly funny.
Lyn Gardner
Guardian

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