The theatre of Brian Friel : tradition and modernity /

"Brian Friel is Ireland's foremost living playwright, whose work spans fifty years and has won numerous awards, including three Tonys and a Lifetime Achievement Arts Award. Author of twenty-five plays, and whose work is studied at GCSE and A level (UK), and the Leaving Certificate (Ire), b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murray, Christopher (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014.
Series:Critical companions (London, England)
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents:
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  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Situating Friel
  • 2. Coming of Age: Philadelphia, Here I Come!
  • 3. Formation of an Aesthetic: The Loves of Cass McGuire and Crystal and Fox
  • 4. Speaking Out: The Freedom of the City and Volunteers
  • 5. Uncertainty, Memory, Tragedy: Living Quarters and Faith Healer
  • 6. A Kind of Trilogy: Making History, Translations and The Home Place
  • 7. The Chekhov Factor and Gender Issues: Aristocrats, Dancing at Lughnasa and Molly Sweeney
  • 8. 'The Vodka-and-Tonic Society': Wonderful Tennessee and Give Me Your Answer, Do!
  • 9. Critical Perspectives: Shaun Richards, 'Placed Identities for Placeless Times: Brian Friel and Post-Colonial Criticism'
  • David Krause, 'The Failed Words of Brian Friel'
  • Csilla Bertha, 'Art as a lieu de memoire in Brian Friel's The Home Place'10
  • Performances
  • 11. End Notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • Notes on contributors
  • Index.