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The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Written byMartin McDonagh
CharactersMag Folan
Maureen Folan
Ray Dooley
Pato Dooley
Date premiered1996
Place premieredGalway, Ireland
Original languageEnglish
Subjecta plain and lonely woman in her forties with her first and possibly final chance at love; and her manipulative mother who sets about to derail it
GenreDrama
SettingLeenane, a village in Connemara, County Galway

The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a 1996 dramatic play by Martin McDonagh which was premiered by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, Ireland. It also enjoyed successful runs at London's West End, Broadway and Off-Broadway.

It was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award as Best Play for the London production, and the 1998 Broadway production was nominated for six Tony Awards, winning four, for Best Leading Actress in a Play, Best Featured Actor in a Play, Best Featured Actress in a Play (Anna Manahan), and Best Direction of a Play (Garry Hynes).

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