3 Martin McDonagh first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Beauty Queen of Leenane (1996) to The Pillowman (2003) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Martin McDonagh title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.
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- The Beauty Queen of Leenane — 1996 · Methuen DramaMethuen Drama, London, 1996, slim individual playscript in wrappers, stating 'First published 1996 by Methuen.' Issued around the Druid Theatre premiere (Town Hall Theatre, Galway, February 1996) and the Royal Court run. The true first is the individual wrappered playscript, not the later collected volume. The UK Methuen 1996 individual playscript is the true first. The US Vintage 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane and Other Plays' collection and the collected 'McDonagh Plays' volumes are later. This was McDonagh's debut play. Later Methuen Modern Classics and Student Edition reissues, and the collected and US editions, are not the first. No separate book-club issue is recorded.
- The Lieutenant of Inishmore — 2001 · Methuen DramaMethuen Drama, London, 2001, individual playscript in wrappers (ISBN 0-413-76500-8), stating 'First published 2001 by Methuen.' Issued around the Royal Shakespeare Company premiere at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, in 2001. A true first lacks any later-printing statement. The UK Methuen 2001 individual playscript is the true first; later collected and US editions follow. Later reissues, Student Editions, and collected-plays volumes are not the first. No book-club issue is recorded.
- The Pillowman — 2003 · Faber & FaberFaber & Faber, London, 2003, playscript in wrappers (ISBN 0-571-22032-3), stating 'First published in 2003 by Faber and Faber.' Issued around the Cottesloe / National Theatre premiere, November 2003. Note the publisher shift from Methuen to Faber for this title. The UK Faber 2003 edition is the true first; the US (Faber/TCG and Dramatists Play Service) editions are later. Later Faber printings and US editions are not the first. No book-club issue is recorded.
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