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  <title><![CDATA[The Lonesome West]]></title>
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  <default-description>The Lonesome West was first presented as a Druid Theatre company and Royal Court co-production in the summer of 1997. 'The play combines manic energy and physical violence in a way that is both hilarious and viscerally exciting' Daily Telegraph Valene and Coleman, two brothers living alone in their father's house after his recent death, find it impossible to exist without the most massive and violent disputes over the most mundane and innocent of topics. Only father Welsh, the local young priest, is prepared to try to reconcile the two before their petty squabblings spiral into vicious and bloody carnage.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1997</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Lonesome West</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Martin McDonagh]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 17 17:31:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 17 17:33:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ok, so, sure, these plays are all pretty similar (at least before _The Pillowman_ which I haven't yet read but which I've seen produced at ACT in Seattle) but they're really well done. Funny, frightening, and with an undercurrent of compassion.<br/><br/>More, they seem to be rather modest in requi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56416158">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very funny and dark play from McDonagh, like all good Irish tales there's everything from whiskey priests to nun-baitings, all in a violent western Ireland. Sydneysiders should look out for the upcoming Sydney premiere at downstairs Belvoir St. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not quite at the level of my favorite McDonagh work, but still sharply written and darkly humorous.  Half the fun is the way my mind shifts into Irish brogue as I read.  The lines seem to demand it.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 22 20:59:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 22 21:01:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brothers to rival Shepared's True West-- with Irish accents, drunken priest, more murderous intent, and repressed sexuality...Loads of fun! ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you like reading plays, or if you like the word &quot;feck&quot;, this is for you. I enjoy Martin mcDonagh but there's better work by him.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the best of the 3 plays I've read by him. This is partially due to the introduction of Father Welsh Walsh Welsh as a real character instead of through asides. I think I liked this so much because of the completely dark and miserable portrait of ministry it paints. Makes my life look like a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6859421">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I continue to be impressed by McDonagh, he seems to be one of the new masters in theatre. A great read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Irish brothers get drunk and fight all the time.  What's not to love?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book for a course on Irish literature.]]></body>
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