McCabe’s masterwork still a visceral portrayal of a descent into psychosis
Frank Pig Says Hello
by Pat McCabe
Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
Rating:*****
On tour nationwide
Frank Pig Says Hello was originally performed at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1992. It was written for Co-Motion Media by Pat McCabe as a theatrical complement to his novel The Butcher Boy, which was published the same year.
The morality tale is equally shocking in both stage and prose form: young Frank Brady murders the woman he believes ...