The Beauty Queen of Leenane

The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Written by	Martin McDonagh
Characters	Mag Folan Maureen Folan Ray Dooley Pato Dooley
Date premiered	1996
Place premiered	Galway, Ireland
Original language	English
Subject	a 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
Genre	Drama
Setting	Leenane, 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).