2008 - Druid presents The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh

[aldop07]

I'm playing Bartley. So funny :) I love it. I;m doing at The Fort Thatre, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, Scotland from the 11th to the 15th October 2011. Wish me luck ! Best play ive been in to date.

[apoli159q]

i thought the play sucked personally characters were kinda dull not very good acting and it just made the whole thing boring :\

[davidrr1]

@apoli159q Your post is ignorant and idiotic.

[conewells]

The film referred to is MAN OF ARAN.

[dancebabe07xX]

Im actually in love with Aaron Monaghan!! I saw him in Playboy of the western world and Christ Deliver Us! Cant wait to see him again!!!!! :D

[apathyisadeathwish]

I've been asked to play Billy, and I am shitting myself. I can't act to save my life.

[teee2]

"Ireland mustn't be such a bad place so,if the Yanks want to come to Ireland to do their filmin'"!!

McDonagh has a savage eye that reads the irish pysche so accurately.This is an imporatnt play to see how the irish as a nation see themselves the microcosm of Inismaan.

Druid ,again,have done a great job.

[Arsenaloid]

Johnny Pateen is the best written character ever ...after Caligula.

[teee2]

@Arsenaloid says: "Johnny Pateen is the best character ever..after Caligula

A Very strong statement!!!Please elaborate..why you think so

[Arsenaloid]

@teee2 Elaborate ? Bravo !

[Mike270N]

I saw it in the Lowry in Manchester, well Salford to be precise, but I thought it was wonderful! How good was Johnny Pateen Mike? Anyone know his name?

[Cnocan52]

Yeah, Johnny Pateen was played by a guy called David Pearse - wasn't he just brill!

[hiseminencegris]

It was a stagey Oirish minstrel show. It's completely unreal. I couldn't believe it was being presented as serious drama.

[allonoddy]

@hiseminencegris Somehow I doubt you're from rural Ireland anyway, so I'm not sure what you're basing that assessment on.

The whole 'There's nothing real about McDonagh' jab always pisses me off. Such a wonderful playwright. One of the greatest things about him is that what he's writing isn't realism, but it's not completely divorced from reality either.

There is plenty real about a play like The Beauty Queen of Leenane. And nothing stage Irish about it.

[allonoddy]

@allonoddy Incidentally, I saw the Druid Beauty Queen when I was about nine, the premiere in Galway and I still remember it very well indeed! A sign of a good play done well.

[xhanaxxhanax]

Martin McDonagh, what a legend, best play ave seen in a long while. and Aaron Monaghan was bril;l, top actor!!!

[Cnocan52]

Great show and great to see it touring to so many places.I caught it in Portlaoise. Looking forward to seeing The Walworth Farce again. Another great play!

[DruidTheatre]

Delighted that the long journey was worth it. Hope to see you at another Druid production very soon. Check out The Walworth Farce by Enda Walsh when it returns to Galway on Dec 3rd and Dublin on Dec 8th.

[emercait23]

Just saw this in Ennis tonight. It was absolutely superb. Well done to all involved.