Lieutenant of Inishmore

<p>'There's more than one way to skin a theatrical cat; and McDonagh's chosen weapons are laughter and gore... Pushing theatre to its limits McDonagh is making a serious point... a work as subversive as those Synge and O'Casey plays that sparked Dublin riots in the last century' <i>Guardian</i> <p/>'A brave satire... Swiftianly savage and parodic... with explicit brutal actino and lines which sing with grace and wit' <i>Observer</i> <p/>Who knocked Mad Padraic's cat over on a lonely road on the island of Inishmore and was it an accident? He'll want to know when he gets back from a stint of torture and chip-shop bombing in Northern Ireland: he loves his cat more than life itself. <p/><i>The Lieutenant of Inishmore </i>is a brilliant satire on terrorism a powerful corrective to the beautification of violence in contemporary culture and a hilarious farce. It premiered at the RSC's The Other Place Stratford-upon-Avon in May 2001. <p/>Commentary and notes by Patrick Lonergan</p>