‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’ is a brilliant, bleak production
Savage family dynamics and ageing dissected in this multi-award winning play
14 August 2023 - 12:14
The toxic dynamics which brew as the plot of The Beauty Queen of Leenane (http://www.baxter.co.za/beauty-queen-leenane) unfolds, in a cottage in rural Ireland, feel as evil as the witches’ potion in Macbeth, even though the ageing mother and daughter confined inside are just mortals acting ugly...
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