The Beauty Queen of Leenane

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Event The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Venue Maidment Theatre, Auckland CBD, New Zealand
Umbrella Event ATC Wild Child Season
First Date 3 May 2000
Last Date 27 May 2000
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description For the inhabitants of the remote community of Leenane in Connemara, County Galway, life offers little cause for optimism. Maureen Folan feels like anything but a beauty queen. A lifetime spent caring for her complaining elderly mother, Mag, has robbed Maureen of any glimmer of romance. Throughout the interminable days she cooks Mag's porridge and stirs the lumps out of her Complan. Australian soap operas provide the only escape from reality.When the chance for a new life presents itself to Maureen, Mag's fear of being left alone sends both women hurtling down a path of self-destruction.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Black Comedy
Subjects Family
Mothers
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Andrew Glover Actor Ray Dooley
Lee Grant Actor Mag Folan
Martin Lawrence Actor Pato Dooley
Donogh Rees Actor Maureen Folan
Jonathan Hardy Director
Martin McDonagh Playwright
John Verryt Set Designer
Text Nationality Ireland
Further Information Ireland (1996). Third production in the season.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 191927