Sep 22 2009
The Beauty Queen of Leenane opens at Theatre Royal
The Beauty Queen of Leenane begins a five day run at the Theatre Royal, Jewry Street, Winchester, tonight (September 22) performed by the Londaon Classic Theatre Company.
The cast features Paul Boyle (as Pato Dooley), Carole Dance (Mag Folan), Alan DeVally (Ray Dooley) and Alice Selwyn (Maureen Folan), and they are currently on a 12 week tour around the country.
Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, it tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain, lonely woman in her early forties, and Mag, her manipulative, ageing mother.
When Mag interferes in Maureen’s first and possibly final chance of a loving relationship, a train of events is set in motion that leads inexorably towards the play’s terrifying finale.
Martin McDonagh’s multi award-winning play is a gripping blend of dark comedy, melodrama, horror and tragedy.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane was first presented as a Druid Theatre/Royal Court Theatre co-production in January 1996.
The play won the George Devine Award, the Writer’s Guild Award, the Critic’s Circle Award and Martin McDonagh received the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright.
The production transferred to New York, opening on Broadway in April 1998, and was nominated for six Tony Awards.
It contains strong language and there is an age recommendation of 14+.
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