Selected Plays

Selected Plays
Title Selected Plays PDF eBook
Author Brian Friel
Publisher CUA Press
Pages 460
Release 1986
Genre Drama
ISBN 9780813206271

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Contents: Philadelphia, Here I Come; The Freedom of the City; Living Quarters; Aristocrats; Faith Healer; Translations Brian Friel was born in County Tyrone in 1929 and worked as a teacher before turning to full-time writing in 1960. His first stage success was in 1964 with Philadelphia, Here I Come, which established his claim as heir to such distinguished predecessors as Yeats, Synge, O'Casey, and Behan. In 1979 he and actor Stephen Rea formed the Field Day Theatre Company, whose first theatrical production was Friel's Translations in 1980. Also included in this selection are The Freedom of the City, set in Londonderry in 1970; Living Quarters, which Desmond MacAvok in the Evening Presscalled "one of the most fascinating and, in the end, truly moving evenings. . .in Irish Theatre"; Faith Healer, a metaphoric depiction of the artist and his gift' and Aristocrats, "as fine and as stimulating and as warm a piece of writing as had appeared on the Irish stage for many years," according to David Nowland, the Irish Times. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Translations

Translations
Title Translations PDF eBook
Author Brian Friel
Publisher Samuel French, Inc.
Pages 86
Release 1981
Genre Drama
ISBN 9780573618710

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The action takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag, an Irish-speaking community in County Donegal. In a nearby field camps a recently arrived detachment of the Royal Engineers, making the first Ordnance Survey. For the purposes of cartography, the local Gaelic place names have to be recorded and rendered into English. In examining the effects of this operation on the lives of a small group, Brian Friel skillfully reveals the far-reaching personal and cultural effects of an action which is at first sight purely administrative.

Lovers

Lovers
Title Lovers PDF eBook
Author Brian Friel
Publisher Dramatic Publishing
Pages 124
Release 1968
Genre Drama
ISBN 9780871292452

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A collection of jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, tricks, games, poems, and stories.

Aristocrats

Aristocrats
Title Aristocrats PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Ardent Media
Pages 320
Release 2013
Genre Aristocracy (Social class)
ISBN

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Brian Friel

Brian Friel
Title Brian Friel PDF eBook
Author A. Roche
Publisher Springer
Pages 245
Release 2011-05-25
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 0230305539

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Friel is recognised as Ireland's leading playwright and due to the ability of plays like Translations and Dancing at Lughnasa to translate into other cultures he has made a major impact on world theatre. This study draws on the Friel Archive to deepen our understanding of how his plays were developed.

Philadelphia, Here I Come!

Philadelphia, Here I Come!
Title Philadelphia, Here I Come! PDF eBook
Author Brian Friel
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 115
Release 1965
Genre Drama
ISBN 0571085865

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Broadway hit about a young Irishman on the eve of his emigration to America.

The Home Place

The Home Place
Title The Home Place PDF eBook
Author Brian Friel
Publisher Faber & Faber
Pages 96
Release 2013-04-18
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 0571301045

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The year is 1878. The widowed Christopher Gore, his son David and their housekeeper Margaret, the woman with whom they are both in love, live at The Lodge in Ballybeg. But in this era of unrest at the dawn of Home Rule, their seemingly serene life is threatened by the arrival of Christopher's English cousin, who unwittingly ignites deep animosity among the villagers of Ballybeg. The Home Place premiered at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in February 2005.