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The Pillowman

by Martin McDonagh · 2003

A writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a number of child-murders that are happening in his town. 'Sometimes you don't even know what… more

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Right at this moment, I don't care if they kill me. I don't care. But they're not going to kill my stories. They're not going to kill my stories. They're all I've got.
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I used to love you very much.
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It isn't about being or not being dead, it's about what you leave behind
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I am a high-ranking police officer in a totalitarian fucking dictatorship. What are you doing taking my word about anything?
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Oh, I almost forgot to mention... I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop! - Tupolski
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Oh, I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop." - Tupolski
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It isn't about being or not being dead. It's about what you leave behind.
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If I ask you something outright, or if I go with my eyes, like, “Go ahead and say something,” like with my eyes, then you go ahead and say something, but if I’m in the middle of something...
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Every single one except, of course, the old little green pig, who was now the little pink pig, upon whom the strange rain had washed right off because of the unpaintoverable paint the farmers had covered him in earlier.

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A writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a number of child-murders that are happening in his town.

'Sometimes you don't even know what you've been craving until the real thing comes along.' New York Times

'McDonagh is more than just a very clever theatrical stylist. His tricks and turns have a purpose. They are bridges over a deep pit of sympathy and sorrow, illuminated by a tragic vision of stunted and frustrated lives.' Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times

Martin McDonagh's searingly brilliant new play premi�res at the National Theatre, London in November 2003.

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First published
2003
Genre
Fiction
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4.29 (18k ratings)

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