40 year-old Maureen and her mother, Mag live in a small house in County Galway, Ireland. Their daily sparring for household dominance escalates into an impressive, cunning battle of wits when Pato Dooley arrives and offers Maureen love and a promising new life. McDonagh’s impishly dark, brilliant humor and skillful storytelling in The Beauty Queen... took the theatrical world by storm and won the London Critics' Circle Award for most promising playwright; New York's Drama Desk, Drama League, Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics' Circle Awards for best play, Time magazine's #1 Best of Theater Award and four Tony Awards.