Brian Friel is widely regarded as one of Ireland’s greatest dramatists, having written over 30 plays across six decades. He was a member of Aosdána, the society of Irish artists, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Irish Academy of Letters, and the Royal Society of Literature where he was made a Companion of Literature. He was awarded the Ulysses Medal by University College, Dublin.
Theatre:
HEDDA GABLER (after Ibsen)
THE HOME PLACE
PERFORMANCES
THREE PLAYS AFTER (AFTERPLAY, THE BEAR, THE YALTA GAME)
UNCLE VANYA (after Chekhov)
GIVE ME YOUR ANSWER, DO!
MOLLY SWEENEY
WONDERFUL TENNESSEE
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY (after Turgenev)
THE LONDON VERTIGO (Charles Macklin)
DANCING AT LUGHNASA
MAKING HISTORY
THE COMMUNICATION CORD
AMERICAN WELCOME
THREE SISTERS (after Chekhov)
TRANSLATIONS
ARISTOCRATS
FAITH HEALER
LIVING QUARTERS
VOLUNTEERS
THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY
THE GENTLE ISLAND
THE MUNDY SCHEME
CRYSTAL AND FOX
LOVERS: WINNERS AND LOSERS
THE LOVES OF CASS MCGUIRE
THE FOUNDER MEMBERS (unpublished)
PHILADELPHIA HERE I COME!
THE BLIND MICE (unpublished)
THE ENEMY WITHIN
A DOUBTFUL PARADISE (unpublished)
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