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THE FOUNDER MEMBERS (unpublished)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THE BLIND MICE (unpublished)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A DOUBTFUL PARADISE (unpublished)

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