No 490 The Diviner by Brian Friel #readingirelandmonth20
Brian Friel is known now to the world as one of Ireland’s preeminent playwrights. However, in the mid 1960’s he was more concerned with the short story. It was a brief dalliance as, by 1968, Friel had stopped writing short stories altogether, in favour of writing plays. It is said that Friel found the process…
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Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel #readingirelandmonth19
Brian Friel, 1929 – 2015
Brian Friel died yesterday aged 86. Often called the Irish Chekhov, it is fair to say that his death is a loss not just to Ireland but to the world. He may only have written about Ireland, but what he wrote was universal as he constantly explored the boundaries between the past and the present,…
Dancing at Lughnasa at The Lyric Theatre Belfast
For it’s so clear that in order to begin to live in the present we must first redeem the past, and that can only be done by suffering, by strenuous, uninterrupted labour. Chekhov In 1990, my parents took me to the Abbey Theatre in Dublin to see a new play by Brian…
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