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Cripple Of Inishmaan Play Analysis
I attended the musical play “The Cripple Of INISHMANN” at Austin Peay State University, Margaret Fort Thahern Laboratory Theatre on November 17, 2017 at 7:30 PM. The play was produced Off-Broadway by the Atlantic Theater Company in conjunction with The Druid Theatre Company of Galway, Ireland, opening on 21 December 2008. Martin McDonagh is the playwright, he’s a British and Irish playwright, screenwriter, and film director, born and brought up in London to Irish parents. The “cripple” of the title is Billy Claven, a young man partially paralyzed from birth, who wiles away his days in Inishmaan gazing at livestock or in and reading books. The Cripple of Inishmaan takes place on the middle island which is Aran Islands in the Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland. The play is a comedy, set on a remote island, based on a cripple named “Cripple Billy”. The stage crew was flawless, good coordination and timing, which enhance the change in scenes. As word arrives on Inishmaan that a Hollywood Director is coming to the neighboring island of Inishmore to film Man of Aran, Cripple Billy was the one person that wants to be in the film more than anybody, he was an unloved boy who focus his attention on gazing at cows and he also had interest in a girl whowant nothing to do with him. …show more content…
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