The Theatre of Brian Friel - Tradition and Modernity

Brian Friel is Ireland''s foremost living playwright, whose work spans fifty years and has won numerous awards, including three Tonys and a Lifetime Achievement Arts Award. Author of twenty-five plays, and whose work is studied at GCSE and A level (UK), and the Leaving Certificate (Ire), besides at undergraduate level, he is regarded as a classic in contemporary drama studies. Christopher Murray offers the definitive guide to Friel''s work; both a detailed study of individual plays and an exploration of Friel''s dual commitment to tradition and modernity across his oeuvre.Beginning with Friel''s 1964 work it follows a broadly chronological route through the principle plays, including Aristocrats , Faith Healer , Translations , Dancing at Lughnasa , Molly Sweeney and The Home Place . Along the way it considers themes of exile, politics, fathers and sons, belief and ritual, history, memory, gender inequality, and loss, all set against the dialectic of tradition and modernity.>

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Murray, Prof. Christopher Murray
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2014
• EAN: 9781408157343
• ISBN: 978-1-4081-5734-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Critical Companions; Critical Companions
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies