This volume brings together thirteen essays interpreting the work of Ireland's most formidable and puzzling playwright. Brian Friel's work has earned renown on both sides of the Atlantic, and plays such as "Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Translations, "and "Dancing at" "Lugnasa" have been box office hits still produced to large audiences. But both these popular plays and other Friel works-including "The Freedom of the City, Volunteers," and "Molly Sweeney"-have produced a variety of interpretations, evidence of the difficulty of defining Friel's art. Friel has been celebrated for his ability to...
This volume brings together thirteen essays interpreting the work of Ireland's most formidable and puzzling playwright. Brian Friel's work has earned ...
With its Kerouacian countercultural feel, this memoir's tone embodies an era of lost innocence after surviving the abuse of an internment camp and struggling to rediscover freedom. This is the story of the road taken. It describes a journey filled with many faces blending into a kaleidoscope of love, sex and a time to be remembered. From the amber lights of Paris's coming of age to the neon nights of Broadway, it was living life to the fullest and oh, the blurred lines...
With its Kerouacian countercultural feel, this memoir's tone embodies an era of lost innocence after surviving the abuse of an internment camp and str...