The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane is set in the small village of Leenane, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The play centers on the life of Maureen Folan, a 40-year-old virgin who is the sole caregiver to her 70-year-old mother Mag. Two sisters have escaped into marriage and family life, but Maureen, with a history of mental illness, is trapped in a small, bleak cottage and in an overly dependent, seriously dysfunctional relationship with her mother.