Okay…what language? He says it’s petty outrage about nothing, but he would.
Dunno this guy, or much about theater, but is he suggesting that theater owners shouldn’t get a veto on the content?
What if someone equally follically challenged wants to put on a sing song about the colours that aren’t in the union jack?
Be interesting to know what was so unpalatable. Like was it racist, sexist, homophobic -?
Pretty sure theatres wouldn’t refuse a bankable play for anything less – generally, shocking theatre brings punters in. Racist etc theatre will not.
>In 2006 he told the New Yorker magazine that his play The Lieutenant of Inishmore was the result of “trying to write a play that would get me killed”.
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>The play satirised an IRA paramilitary returning home and violently avenging the death of his cat.
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>He told BBC Radio 4: “I do think it’s a good idea to write something that’s dangerous or explosive.”
So his gimmick is shock content and he’s surprised people don’t want his plays.
Sounds about right for a BBC piece that wants to give someone a voice.
“Highly successful writer that has a huge reach to their voice complains that they’re being censored and nobody can hear them” seems to be a running theme recently.
Before his films made him a household name he was possibly themost produced theatre writer since his breakthrough with the Beauty Queen of Linnane. My personal favorite is his Lonesome West, but the viciousness of the language while appropriate to the settings would be very confronting to audiences outside Ireland.
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Okay…what language? He says it’s petty outrage about nothing, but he would.
Dunno this guy, or much about theater, but is he suggesting that theater owners shouldn’t get a veto on the content?
What if someone equally follically challenged wants to put on a sing song about the colours that aren’t in the union jack?
Be interesting to know what was so unpalatable. Like was it racist, sexist, homophobic -?
Pretty sure theatres wouldn’t refuse a bankable play for anything less – generally, shocking theatre brings punters in. Racist etc theatre will not.
>In 2006 he told the New Yorker magazine that his play The Lieutenant of Inishmore was the result of “trying to write a play that would get me killed”.
>
>The play satirised an IRA paramilitary returning home and violently avenging the death of his cat.
>
>He told BBC Radio 4: “I do think it’s a good idea to write something that’s dangerous or explosive.”
So his gimmick is shock content and he’s surprised people don’t want his plays.
Sounds about right for a BBC piece that wants to give someone a voice.
“Highly successful writer that has a huge reach to their voice complains that they’re being censored and nobody can hear them” seems to be a running theme recently.
Before his films made him a household name he was possibly themost produced theatre writer since his breakthrough with the Beauty Queen of Linnane. My personal favorite is his Lonesome West, but the viciousness of the language while appropriate to the settings would be very confronting to audiences outside Ireland.