Claim: Dancing at Lughnasa is an English drama written by Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company Brian Frieland which first premiered on April 24, 1990 at Abbey Theatre Dublin, Ireland.
Evidence: English Drama/Script/acting Dancing at Lughnasa is a 1990 play by dramatist Brian Friel set in County Donegal in Ulster in the north of Ireland in August 1936 in the fictional town of Ballybeg. Brian Patrick Friel (9 January 1929 – 2 October 2015) was an Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company. 24 April 1990 Abbey Theatre
Dublin, Ireland