The Cambridge Companion to Brian Friel

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ID19934903
AuthorsThomas Kilroy, Frank McGuinness, Stephen Watt (0000-0003-1403-5493), Nicholas Grene (0000-0002-4275-5538), Martine Pelletier (0000-0002-1551-5491), Helen Lojek, George O’brien, Richard Pine, Patrick Burke (0000-0002-8490-401X), Richard Allen Cave, Anna Mcmullan (0000-0002-2531-3746), Csilla Bertha
EditorsAnthony Roche
Year2006
Pages177
Publication date2006-10-19
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Cambridge companion to Brian Friel (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/ccol0521853990
OpenAlexW424204867
Open LibraryOL22244060M
ISBN9780521853996
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited1

Brian Friel is widely recognized as Ireland's greatest living playwright, winning an international reputation through such acclaimed works as Translations (1980) and Dancing at Lughnasa (1990). This 2006 collection of specially commissioned essays includes contributions from leading commentators on Friel's work (including two fellow playwrights) and explores the entire range of his career from his 1964 breakthrough with Philadelphia, Here I Come! to his most recent success in Dublin and London with The Home Place (2005). The essays approach Friel's plays both as literary texts and as performed drama, and provide the perfect introduction for students of both English and Theatre Studies, as well as theatregoers. The collection considers Friel's lesser-known works alongside his more celebrated plays and provides a comprehensive critical survey of his career. This is a comprehensive study of Friel's work, and includes a chronology and further reading suggestions

Art · Art history · Drama · Literature · Performance art · Political science · Reading (process) · Classics · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Theatre and Performance Studies · Brian Friel · brian Friel (1929-2015) · Criticism and interpretation · Friel, Brian

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