The Pillow Man
Martin Mcdonagh... i've liked this guys work since i had seen the second scene of The Lieutenant of Inishmore... i laughed so hard, i nearly passed out.it was that funny.
i've read the play since, and i laughed at the most horrible things. if you have read it, or seen it, you've laughed at them too.
i've also read the first scene of Beauty Queen of Lenane, and the Cripple of Inishmaan, i can attest i enjoyed and admired the man's work.
last night however i read The Pillow Man.
and last night, Martin Mcdonagh soared leaps and bounds above his original status in my mind.
i cannot even express what a wonderful, gruesome, emotional, and charged play this is.
reading it, doesn't quite do it either.
this is one of those plays that is horrifying, emotionally horrifying, there were times the dialogue was so funny i was laughing out loud, and then turn the page, and i was nearly weeping.
that's the sort of play this is.
it's a play about a writer, who writes gruesome tales of death and torture, usually of children.
the gruesome tales of his stories have come to life, and he's being interrogated by the authorities of the totalitarian state he lives in.
they are his judge, his jury, and his executionar if he is found guilty.
it's still running through my head a million miles a minute.
the horrifying stories that have that "something esque feel"
sad, i knew what esque the interrogator was talking about: kafkaesque.
i'm someone who has read Kafka, most have had to at least read, or had a passing with Metamorphosis. Good novella.
stories like the Hunger Artist, or The Penal Colony though will haunt you.
the stories told by the writer Katurian in "The Pillow Man" have the same effect.
the one that sticks with me (and is the most "esque" story of them) is the man in the iron gibbett.
a riddle without an anwer.
it still bugs me.
the apple man story, and the results of it... still haunt me.
The Pillow Man isn't a play for the faint of heart.
it is a play that will make you think.
posted by F.G. Shaw @ 1:06 PM
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you're not the only one who feels this way, Frank. A few of us are putting it on in May. I'm directing. We'll let you know where and when.
that's what i've heard kevin. you need any help with it, let me know. i don't know much tech stuff, but i'll help you guys out anyway i can. give me holler if you or the SM need someone on book or to help with set.
i'm 100% behind this show.
It's also being done at ccsn here next year...definitely will be auditioning for that one.
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