A farcical look at political violence as it's played out during the Troubles in Northern Ireland against the drab backdrop of a bare, rustic Irish cottage and unending boredom in an inhospitable environment in which a mutilated cat sets off a murderous cycle of revenge.
Wee Thomas was a friendly cat. He would always say hello to you were you to see him sitting on a wall. (Pause.) He won't be saying hello no more, God bless him. Not with that lump of a brain gone.
Who knocked Wee Thomas over on the lonely road on the island of Inishmore, and was it an accident? "Mad Padraig" will want to know when he gets back from a stint of torture and chip shop bombing in Northern Ireland: he loves that cat more than life itself.
eBook - PDF
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
About this book
Trusted by 375,005 students
Access to over 1.5 million titles for a fair monthly price.
Study more efficiently using our study tools.
Information
have
a
sense
of
the
way
McDonagh
reduces
the
heroic
rhetoric
of
political
killers
to
the
scale
at
which
its
absurdity
becomes
plain.
The
Lieutenant
is
unsettling
because
it
enacts
the
mentality
it
describes.
McDonagh
satirises
the
zealot’s
loss
of
perspective
in
which
the
serious
becomes
trifling
and
the
trifling
becomes
deadly
serious.
But
he
does
this
not
by
pointing
a
political
moral,
but
by
creating
a
parallel
universe
in
which
cats
are
infinitely
important
and
human
lives
infinitely
disposable.
Playing
with
perspective
is
one
of
the
ways
in
which
humour
works,
and
The
Lieutenant
is
always
grotesquely
funny.
But
we
always
know
that
this
game
has
deadly
consequences
in
the
world
beyond
the
theatre.
No
play
can
stop
those
consequences,
but
McDonagh
manages
at
least
to
inflict
on
those
who
take
themselves
so
seriously
the
one
punishment
they
really
can’t
abide.
That
is
not
martyrdom
but
mockery.
Fintan
O’Toole
2009
x
The
Lieutenant
of
Inishmore
The
Lieutenant
of
Inishmore
To
Pussy
(1981–1995)
Table of contents
- Cover
- The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Frequently asked questions
Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription
No, books cannot be downloaded as external files, such as PDFs, for use outside of Perlego. However, you can download books within the Perlego app for offline reading on mobile or tablet. Learn how to download books offline
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1.5 million books across 990+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn about our mission
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more about Read Aloud
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS and Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app
Yes, you can access The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Drama. We have over 1.5 million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.