The Cripple of Inishmaan

The Cripple of Inishmaan
Methuen cover
Written byMartin McDonagh
Characters"Cripple" Billy Claven
Kate Osbourne
Babbybobby
Helen McCormick
Eileen Osbourne
Doctor McSharry
Bartley McCormick
Johnnypateenmike
Mammy
Date premiered12 December 1996 (12 December 1996)
Place premieredRoyal National Theatre,
London
Original languageEnglish
Subjectdisability, cruelty, Hollywood
GenreBlack comedy
SettingInishmaan, 1934

The Cripple of Inishmaan is a dark comedy by Martin McDonagh who links the story to the real life filming of the documentary Man of Aran.

The play is set on the small Aran Islands community of Inishmaan (Inis Meáin) off the Western Coast of Ireland in 1934, where the inhabitants are excited to learn of a Hollywood film crew's arrival in neighbouring Inishmore (Inis Mór) to make a documentary about life on the islands. "Cripple" Billy Claven, eager to escape the gossip, poverty and boredom of Inishmaan, vies for a part in the film, and to everyone's surprise, the orphan and outcast gets his chance...or so some believe.[1]

  1. ^ "The Cripple of Inishmaan: A CurtainUp Review". Retrieved 9 May 2006.

The Cripple of Inishmaan

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