The Lieutenant of Inishmore

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The Lieutenant of Inishmore is a darkly comic stage play by Martin McDonagh that satirizes Irish paramilitary violence through the story of an unhinged INLA member obsessed with his pet cat.

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instanceOf black comedy
stage play
author Martin McDonagh
centralPlotElement murdered cat mystery
countryOfOrigin Ireland
creator Martin McDonagh
depictsOrganization Irish National Liberation Army
firstBroadwayTheatre Lyceum Theatre
firstBroadwayYear 2006
firstLondonProductionAt Garrick Theatre
firstPerformanceYear 2001
firstPerformedAt RSC The Other Place
firstPerformedInCity Stratford-upon-Avon
linked to: Stratford-on-Avon
firstPerformedInCountry United Kingdom
follows The Lonesome West
genre black comedy
political satire
satire
hasCharacter Brendan
Christy
Davey
Donny
Joey
Mairead
Padraic
linked to: Pádraig

Wee Thomas
hasMainCharacter Padraic
linked to: Pádraig
hasPetOfMainCharacter cat
hasSetting Aran Islands
Inishmore
hasTheme absurdity of terrorism
animal love
extremism
family relationships
political violence
mainSubject Irish National Liberation Army
Irish paramilitary violence
terrorism in Ireland
nominatedFor Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
Tony Award for Best Play
notableFor controversial subject matter
graphic stage violence
use of stage blood
originalLanguage English
partOf Leenane Trilogy universe
publicationYear 2001
timePeriodOfSetting 1990s
workLocationOfAuthor London
linked to: London, England

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Christopher Denham notableWork The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Brian MacDevitt notableWork The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Martin McDonagh notableWork The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Alison Pill notableWork The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Peter McDonald notableWork The Lieutenant of Inishmore