num_pages: 110
description: Fed up with the dreary round of life in Ballybeg, with his uncommunicative father and the humiliating job in his father's grocery shop, with his frustrated love for Kathy Doogan who married a richer, more successful young man and with the total absence of prospect and opportunity in his life at home, Gareth O'Donnell has accepted his aunt's invitation to come to Philadelphia. Now, on the eve of his departure, he is not happy to be leaving Ballybeg.With this play Brian Friel made his reputation and it is now an acknowledged classic of modern drama.
language: English
title: Philadelphia, Here I Come!
titlecomplete: Philadelphia, Here I Come!
genres: 20th Century, School, Classics, Irish Literature, Drama, Plays, Fiction, Read For School, Ireland, Theatre
ratings_count: 1770
awards: awardedAt: -126201600000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best Play
publisher: Faber  Faber