... 146, 149, 152, 153 Sacks, Oliver 130 Said, Edward 90 Schechner, Richard 116 Schneider, Ulrich 152 Shaughraun, The (Boucicault) 84 Shaw, George Bernard 21, 84, 85–86, 109, 144 Silence in the Garden, The (Trevor) 5 Smith, Robert 78, ...
First published in 1997
Reflections by the author of Dancing at Lughnasa on Irish writers, the theater, nationalism, Catholicism, and his childhood
This book addresses the variety and complexity of Ireland's leading living dramatist by bringing together a range of academic and other professional and creative approaches.
If it is true to some extent , as the Latin saying goes , that the palm - tree grows under weight , it is also true that too much weight may kill the palm tree , as apparently happened to Tom Connolly in Give Me Your Answer , Do !
Wonderful Tennessee and Give Me your Answer , Do !, both of which critique modern , materialistic , and rationalistic Irish society , form part of Friel's continuing critique of the bourgeois consumerism and materialism of the Irish ...
Clement Ah yes. Bad, bad, business. David Did you have the children out in the school yard? Clement Insplendid voice,too. Christopher (to Richard) You missed a treat. Theyreally are superb. Clement The music liberates them briefly from ...
This second collection of Brian Friel's plays includes some of his most acclaimed work for the stage.
This first collection of Brian Friel's dramatic work contains: The Enemy Within (1962) Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1964) The Loves of Cass McGuire (1966) Lovers (Winners and Losers) (1967) Crystal and Fox (1968) The Gentle Island (1971)
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.
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