By Kwon Mee-yoo
“The Pillowman,” currently on stage at Space 111 of the Doosan Art Center, central Seoul, is a play about a writer of short stories.
Playwright and movie director Martin McDonagh is a natural-born storyteller and he unravels a riveting story of writer Katurian and his brother Michal in the 160-minute play with an intermission.
The play premiered in Korea in 2007 at the LG Arts Center, starring top actor Choi Min-sik as the protagonist Katurian. This year’s production is denser and more solid at the 100-seat theater.
The 2012 production of “The Pillowman” begins with Katurian (played by Kim Jun-won), with his eyes covered, being interrogated by two police detectives Tupolski (Son Jong-hak) and Ariel (Jo Un). He does not know why he is being questioned at first, but later realizes that he is suspected of murdering three children