Brian Friel: Theatre and Politics

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Springer, 25 de mai. de 2011 - 235 páginas
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.
 

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Introduction
1
The Early Plays of Brian Friel
8
Tyrone Guthrie and Hilton Edwards
32
3 Fantasy in Friel
58
The Missing Dimension
84
Renegotiating Relationships in Friels Plays of the 1970s
105
An Inquiry into the Disappearance of Lieutenant George Yolland
130
7 Memory and History
152
8 Negotiating the Present
177
Conclusion
203
Notes
208
Bibliography
226
Index
231
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ANTHONY ROCHE is an Associate Professor and Head of Subject for Drama Studies in the School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Recent publications include The Cambridge Companion to Brian Friel (2006) and a revised and expanded second edition of his Contemporary Irish Drama (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

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