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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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama,
2014.
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| 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.