18 Interesting Facts About Martin McDonagh

1. #001

   At the age of 27, Martin McDonagh became the first playwright since Shakespeare to have four of his plays staged simultaneously in London's West End.

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2. #002

   McDonagh's greatest influences lie not in theatre but in cinema; he cites Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Terrence Malick and Quentin Tarantino.

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3. #003

   Martin McDonagh has been in a relationship with the writer and actor Phoebe Waller-Bridge since 2018.

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4. #005

   Although all of his plays except "The Pillowman" are set in Ireland and he regards himself as an Anglo-Irish playwright, Martin McDonagh has never lived in Ireland full-time.

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5. #008

   It took five years for the Broadway and West End hit The Lieutenant of Inishmore to be staged because every major theatre in London passed on it. According to McDonagh, National Theatre artistic director Trevor Nunn rejected it on the grounds that staging it could be provocative and could derail the Northern Ireland peace process.

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6. #010

   Along with fellow contemporary playwrights Conor McPherson and Jez Butterworth, Martin McDonagh is regarded as one of the foremost innovators of a new theatrical genre known as "In Your Face" theatre, whose function is to present the audience with crude, shocking and confrontational material on stage.

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7. #011

   Martin McDonagh did not begin directing feature films until he was 38.

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8. #012

   When his first play, "The Beauty Queen of Leenane," and the plays that followed became instant hits on both sides of the Atlantic, McDonagh earned a reputation as an enfant terrible. Whenever he was asked a question, he never shied away from stepping on toes and would give a provocative answer, which earned him the title of theatre's most terrifying child. After several encounters with the tabloid press, most notably the Sean Connery incident at the 1996 Evening Standard Awards, he now rarely gives interviews, and only when they are truly necessary.

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9. #018

   Martin McDonagh won the 2004 Olivier Award for best new play for his play "The Pillowman."

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10. #023

    Martin McDonagh won the 2003 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy for his play "The Lieutenant of Inishmore."

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11. #024

    In 1998 he won the 1997-1998 Drama Desk Award for his play "The Beauty Queen of Leenane."

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12. #025

    In July 2006 Martin McDonagh was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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13. #027

    In 2002 Martin McDonagh won the Alfred Radok Award, a Czech theatre prize, for Best Play. He won it for the final instalment of the world-famous Leenane trilogy. The final instalment is titled "The Lonesome West."

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14. #034

    With his first play, "The Beauty Queen of Leenane," Martin McDonagh won the 1996 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright. It was first seen in 1996 at the Town Hall Theatre in Galway, in the west of Ireland.

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15. #035

    In 1996 Martin McDonagh won the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright with his first play, "The Beauty Queen of Leenane."

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16. #036

    In 2003 Martin McDonagh won his second Alfred Radok Theatre Award for Best Play with his political West End hit "The Lieutenant of Inishmore."

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17. #041

    Martin McDonagh won the 1998 Drama Desk Award for Best Play for "The Beauty Queen of Leenane."

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18. #042

    In 2006, Martin McDonagh won the Obie Award for Best Play for "The Lieutenant of Inishmore."

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