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Title:  Beauty Queen of Leenane
Playwright:  McDonagh, Martin  Publisher:  Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Year  1999  Genre:  Drama
Period:  20thC1990s  Number of Acts/Scenes  2
Passage of time:  several weeks

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Basic Plot:  (from script jacket) middle-aged Maureen struggles between her aging manipulative mother, Mag, and her final chance at a loving relationship.

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Contributor's Name:  Tollefson/M. Cobourne
Contributor's Email:  not available
Budget:  not available
Producing Organization:  Phoenix Theatre Indianapolis

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Cast Size As Written   Male Actors:  2   Male Chorus Actors:  0 Total Male Actors:  2 Number of Characters as Written   Male Characters:  2   Male Chorus Characters:  0 Total Male Characters:  2 Costume Numbers as Written   Male Costumes:  5   Male Chorus Costumes:  0 Total Male Costumes:  5 Actual Cast Size (if produced)   Male Actors:  2   Male Chorus Actors:  0 Total Male Actors:  2 Costume Numbers (if produced)   Male Costumes:  8   Male Chorus Costumes:  0 Total Male Costumes:  8

Female Actors:  2   Female Chorus Actors:  0 Total Female Actors:  2     Female Characters:  2   Female Chorus Characters:  0 Total Female Characters:  2     Female Costumes:  8   Female Chorus Costumes:  0 Total Female Costumes:  8   Female Actors:  2   Female Chorus Actors:  0 Total Female Actors:  2     Female Costumes:  0   Female Chorus Costumes:  0 Total Female Costumes:  0

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Notes on possible reduction/expansion of characters/costumes:  Costumes could be expanded or reduced depending on how many housedress changes Mag (mother) has

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Quick Changes:  Maureen and Mag both have quick changes. Mag's quick change inc

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Specialty/Special effects costumes required:  Mag must appear to have been severely beaten. This makeup is applied in a quick change.

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Other important notes:  It is raining in act 1 and characters are supposed to be wet. The period may be updated.

See more play details here (pdf file)