Article: Drama queen Anna reaps her just award; Following the success of The Weir , Martin McDonagh's hit play The Beauty Queen of Leenane is the latest example of new Irish writing to be toured by the Royal Court. Terry Grimley meets Tony-Award-winning actress Anna Manahan and (below) Indi Boyd Maunsell reports on the Royal Court's homecoming.

Article: Festival theatre: As a Broadway veteran and Tony award winner, ...
Scotland on Sunday;  August 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ...ANNA MANAHAN can shed 30 years in as many seconds. It is a great trick, outranking ... And she is. She has appeared at London's National Theatre and the Royal Court, as well as with companies like Red Kettle and Druid. For the latter ...

Article: Anna Manahan on her own.(THEATER)
National Catholic Reporter;  October 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Fans clustered at the stage door waiting for actress Anna Manahan to appear. "We've followed you from the first girl ... one fan said. Many people feel that way about Anna Manahan, around the world and most especially in Ireland ...

Article: Anna Manahan.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Obituary)(Brief ...
American Theatre;  July 1, 2009 ;     383 words ...* Anna Manahan, a Tony-winner for her 1998 turn in The Beauty Queen of Leenane, died at age 84 in her native Ireland. Her 60-year stage ...

Article: Anna Manahan had dramatic fire in her belly right ...
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  March 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Leading lady had fire in her belly right to the last Anna Manahan had dramatic fire in her belly right up to the last. One of Irish theatre's true legends, this acting dynamo refused to sit ...

Article: Fair City pensioner joins protests; Seething: Anna ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 17, 2008 ;     468 words ... ... Tarleton AS FAIR Citys resident pensioner, Ursula Cruise was well used to standing up for her rights. However, for actress Anna Manahan, this is no soap opera. Yesterday she lashed out at the Government for removing the automatic entitlement to free healthcare ...

Article: Theatre: The Beauty Queen of Leenane; Royal Court, ...
The Independent - London;  March 7, 1996 ;     676 words ... ... McDonagh's blackly comic The Beauty Queen of Leenane, you feel that such treatment is no more than is richly deserved by Anna Manahan's Mag Folan, a ton of scheming possessiveness in a rocking chair, who has kept her plain, middle-aged daughter Maureen ...

Article: Arts: Beautiful production of McDonagh classic.(Features)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  May 10, 2000 ;     513 words ... ... Queen of Leenane, written in 1996 by Martin McDonagh and now touring in co-production with the Royal Court, directed by Garry Hynes with Anna Manahan (Mag), Kate Burton (Maureen), Ruaidhri Conroy (Ray) and Peter Gowen (Pato). In a run ...