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The Pillowman is a 2003 play by British-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. It received its first public reading in an early version at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 1995, also a final and completed version of the play was publicly read in 1998 and then finished and released as a book in some places in 1999.
With an all-star cast including Lily Allen and Steve Pemberton, Matthew Dunster directed the first major revival of Martin McDonagh’s electrifying and savagely funny Olivier award-winning play, The Pillowman at the intimate Duke of York’s Theatre in 2023.
Sep 1, 2004 · Paperback – September 1, 2004. While still in his twenties, the Anglo-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh has filled houses in New York and London, been showered with the theatre world's most prestigious accolades, and electrified audiences with his cunningly crafted and outrageous tragicomedies.
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Jan 24, 2021 · The Pillowman is a black comedy by Martin McDonagh. The central character is an abattoir worker named Katurian who is arrested for reasons initially unknown to him. A police interrogation room in an unidentified totalitarian state is the main setting. The police engage in unorthodox and often brutal methods to extract detainees’ confessions.
May 20, 2024 · The Pillowman review: Martin McDonagh’s early play gets a pin-sharp, meticulously controlled staging from Lyric and Prime Cut. Theatre: Emma Jordan directs a well-balanced ensemble cast in...
Jun 22, 2023 · 'The Pillowman' review – Martin McDonagh's macabre play is gasp-inducing and richly thought-provoking. Read our four-star review of The Pillowman, starring Lily Allen and Steve Pemberton, now in performances at the Duke of York's Theatre through 2 September.
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Jun 22, 2023 · ‘The Pillowman’ is the great ’00s British play that got away. Martin McDonagh’s dark 2003 comedy – which starred a pre-‘Doctor Who’ David Tennant – was extravagantly praised upon its debut at...
