The truth still hurts: the enduring gallows humour of Hangmen
Martin McDonagh's play about the abolition of the death penalty in 1960s England hangs out to dry the idea that the country was a kinder, gentler placeIn Joe Orton's 1969 play, What the Butler Saw, Geraldine cries: "We must tell the truth," to which Prentice replies: "That's a thoroughly defeatist attitude." Telling the truth does not make you popular, and as recent child protection and abuse scandals have proved, ev…
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