Playwright Martin McDonagh's first play, The
Beauty Queen of Leenane, premiered in Dublin in 1996, transferred to London's
Royal Court Theatre, and then to
Broadway, where it won four Tony awards. The play is the first in his Connemara
Trilogy, which also includes A Skull in Connemara and The Lonesome West,
receiving its Broadway premiere this spring. The
Cripple of Inishmaan, the first of his trilogy of Aran Island plays (which
also includes The Lieutenant of Inishmore and The Banshees of Inisheer),
opened at Britain's National Theatre, also
transferred to New York, and received productions in several American cities,
including Los Angeles and Philadelphia. Mr. McDonagh is resident playwright at
the Royal National Theatre and the recipient of numerous awards, including the
Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright.
American Repertory Theatre