Martin McDonagh

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to Martin McDonagh's body of work, critical contexts, analysis of productions, and an exclusive interview with the director of his most recent stage work. It breaks down his writing into three periods and delves into selected seminal productions, making it an essential guide for scholars and students.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 23 April 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive and accessible introduction to one of Britain's leading contemporary playwrights and filmmakers provides a comprehensive overview of Martin McDonagh's body of work, critical contexts for understanding and exploring his career, analysis of productions, and an exclusive interview with the director of his most recent stage work.

Analysis of McDonagh's writing is organized into three periods: his early Irish plays, his screenplays, and his later plays that move away from and outside of Ireland. Works are discussed thematically, offering a dynamic interpretation of the scripts and the ideas that revolve around them. The book's final section delves deeper into selected seminal productions of McDonagh's writing, outlining key phases and transitions in his career.

Part of the Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists series, Martin McDonagh is an essential guide for scholars and students seeking to understand the life and work of one of the most popular and acclaimed British dramatists and filmmakers of the twenty-first century.

Weight: 262g
Dimension: 156 x 233 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032027685