num_pages: 80
description: The central character of this play is Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, who led an Irish and Spanish alliance against the armies of Elizabeth I in an attempt to drive the English out of Ireland. The action takes place before and after the Battle of Kinsale, at which the alliance was defeated: with O'Neill at home in Dungannon, as a fugitive in the mountains, and finally exiled in Rome. In his handling of this momentous episode Brian Friel has avoided the conventions of 'historical drama' to produce a play about history, the continuing process.
language: English
title: Making History
titlecomplete: Making History
genres: Plays, Ireland, Theatre, Drama, Read For School, College, Irish Literature, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 285
publisher: Faber and Faber