Brian Friel
Subtitle: theatre and politics
By: Anthony Roche
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230576476
Subjects: PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism; In literature; Criticism and interpretation; PERFORMING ARTS / General; Political and social views
Description: "Friel is widely recognised as Irelands leading playwright but through the ability of plays like Translations and Dancing at Lughnasa to translate into other cultures he has also made a major impact on world theatre. This study draws on the Friel Archive in the National Library of Ireland to deepen our understanding of how his plays were developed"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction; title: Escaping Containment: the Early Plays; title: Friel and the Director: Tyrone Guthrie and Hilton Edwards; title: The Operation of Fantasy; title: Changing the Direction of Theatre: Friel, John Osborne and David Storey; title: The Politics of Space: Reconfiguring Relationships; title: Translations: An Enquiry into the Disappearance of Lt. Yolland; title: History and Memory; title: Negotiating the Present; title: Bibliography; title: Index.