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Brian Patrick Friel (9 January 1929 – 2 October 2015) was an Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company. Considered one of the greatest English-language dramatists, the English-speaking world hailed him as an "Irish Chekhov" and "the universally accented voice of Ireland". His plays have been compared favourably to those of contemporaries such as Samuel Beckett, Arthur Miller, Harold Pinter and Tennessee Williams.
Recognised for early works such as Philadelphia, Here I Come! and Faith Healer, Friel had 24 plays published in a more than half-century spanning career that culminated in his election to the position of Saoi of Aosdána. His plays were commonly featured on Broadway throughout this time. In 1980 Friel co-founded Field Day Theatre Company and his play Translations was the company's first production. With Field Day, Friel collaborated with Seamus Heaney, 1995 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Heaney and Friel first became friends after Friel sent the young poet a letter following the publication of Death of a Naturalist.
Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan) is a male given name of Irish and Breton origin, as well as a surname of Occitan origin. It is common in the English-speaking world. It is possible that the name is derived from an Old Celtic word meaning "high" or "noble". For example, the element bre means "hill"; which could be transferred to mean "eminence" or "exalted one". The name is quite popular in Ireland, on account of Brian Boru, a 10th-century king of Ireland. The name was also quite popular in East Anglia during the Middle Ages. This is because the name was introduced to England by Bretons following the Norman Conquest. Bretons also settled in Ireland along with the Normans in the 12th century, and 'their' name was mingled with the 'Irish' version. Also, in the north-west of England, the 'Irish' name was introduced by Scandinavian settlers from Ireland. Within the Gaelic speaking areas of Scotland, the name was at first only used by professional families of Irish origin. It was the fourth most popular male name in England and Wales in 1934, but a sharp decline followed over the remainder of the 20th century and by 1994 it had fallen out of the top 100. It retained its popularity in the United States for longer; its most popular period there was from 1968–1979 when it consistently ranked between eighth and tenth.
Profile of the acclaimed Irish playwright who passed away last week. Featuring contributions from Seamus Heaney, Tom Murphy and Frank McGuinness. http://www.ferndalefilms.com/documentary_friel.htm
Playwrights in Profile, an 8 week series surveying Irish theatrical talent. We begin the series exploring the extraordinary output for over half a cenutury of Brian Friel. The programme features contributions from Patrick Mason, Neil Toíbín, Ingrid Craigie, Dearbhla Crotty, Stephen Rea, Joe Dowling, Mark Lambert and Garry Hynes.
notable composer, singer, of these "strangers" who made the seventies. in the recording of albums played with the great musician of britain as zoot money, b.j.cole, tim renwick, andy roberts, vigrass & osbourne. this song comes from the album - "brian friel" 1973
#TranslationsTour ★★★★★ The Times ★★★★ The Telegraph ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ WhatsOnStage Tour dates here: http://ett.org.uk/productions/79/translations
From Jan. 18 to 28, the University of Manitoba’s Black Hole Theatre Company (BHTC) will be showcasing Irish dramatist and writer Brian Friel’s most famous play: Translations. Directed by U of M associate professor Bill Kerr, this play is set in Ireland in 1833 and offers insight into the power of language.
Brian Friel, the Tony Award-winning playwright who created "Dancing at Lughnasa" and more than 30 other plays, has died in Ireland at the age of 86. The government and the Arts Council of Ireland said Friel died Friday in his seaside home in County Donegal, northwest Ireland, the setting for most of his five decades of work. No cause of death was given. Trained as a teacher, Friel turned to writing plays full time after the international success of his debut 1964 play about an Irishman contemplating imminent emigation, "Philadelphia, Here I Come!" He collaborated with actor Stephen Rea in founding Ireland's Field Day Theatre Company to produce its inaugural work, "Translations," in 1980. Their company attracted many of Ireland's leading literary lights, including future Nobel Prize-winning...
RTÉ (Irish public radio) documentary on Field Day marking the 25th anniversary of the opening night of Brian Friel's play 'Translations'. Includes interviews with Prof Kevin Whelan of the Keough-Naughton Institute at the University of Notre Dame, and Stephen Rea, Field Day co-founder. First aired 23 September 2005.
This special hour-long documentary looks at the life of distinguished dramatist and short story writer Brian Friel. Presented and scripted by IRISH TV’s Frank Galligan the programme explores Friel’s fictional Ballybeg, an imaginative townland which permeates so much of his work, and which his mother’s town of Glenties can now lay legitimate claim to, as the great writer was laid to rest there in a humble wicker coffin in October. Friel was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the British Royal Society of Literature and the Irish Academy of Letters. He was appointed to Seanad Éireann in 1987 and served until 1989. In later years, Dancing at Lughnasa reinvigorated Friel's oeuvre, bringing himTony Awards (including Best Play), the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play an...
Set in Derry, Northern Ireland during the aftermath of a civil rights meeting, THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY revolves around an inquiry into the shooting by British soldiers of three marchers as they emerged from the Guildhall. As the inquiry continues, with testimony from 'expert' witnesses, the play relives the real events that led to its institution. When the police disrupt the peaceful protest, three unarmed strangers, Lily, a middle-aged mother of 11, and Michael and Skinner, two young men, take refuge from the streets and find themselves inexplicably in the Mayor's Parlor. As the three settle in to the Lord Mayor's opulent office, word spreads about the "occupation" of the Guildhall. The motley trio is transformed into a band of armed and desperate terrorists, a fiction that is taken up by...
My Year 12 Literature oral presentation on cultural assumptions and their impact in the 1980 Irish play "Translations" by Brian Friel.
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel directed by Dr. Jay Malarcher at West Virginia University in 2000.
Profile of the acclaimed Irish playwright who passed away last week. Featuring contributions from Seamus Heaney, Tom Murphy and Frank McGuinness. http://www.ferndalefilms.com/documentary_friel.htm
RTÉ (Irish public radio) documentary on Field Day marking the 25th anniversary of the opening night of Brian Friel's play 'Translations'. Includes interviews with Prof Kevin Whelan of the Keough-Naughton Institute at the University of Notre Dame, and Stephen Rea, Field Day co-founder. First aired 23 September 2005.
Live & Unplugged at Voxna Kyrka Hälsingland 16th July 2015 Brian Friel & Loughy recorded on Zoom Q 3 Enjoy a few songs and tunes
író: író:. Brian Friel forgatókönyvíró: Frank McGuiness Zene: Bill Whelan Szereplők: Gerard McSorley, Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Sophie Thompson, Brid Brennan, Rhys Ifans, Darrell Johnston, Lorcan Cranitch, John Kavanagh, Marie Mullen, Dawn Bradfield, Peter Gowen, Kate O'Toole, Patrick McGahern
Se presentó en el Teatro-Estudio de la Universidad de las Américas, Ciudad de México, la obra de teatro Molly Sweeney del autor irlandes Brian Friel con el siguiente reparto: Elsa Navarrete / Jaime de la Torre / Luis Fernando Zárate. Espacio Escénico: Juan Manuel Cervantes. Iluminación y Audio: Salvador Ayala. Vestuario: María Luisa Flores - Alfonso Ramímez. Narrativa Oral: Jennifer Boni. Peluqueria: Horcasitas - Margarita Lozano. Arte y Imagen: Patricia Apiquian. Ilustración: Regina Elizondo. Diseño Gráfico: Iván Mosqueria. Puesta en Escena: Alejandro Elizondo.
On November 20, 2014, Irish poet, editor and publisher Peter Fallon gave a reading at Emory University in the Robert W. Woodruff Library. Born in Germany in 1951, Fallon grew up on his uncle’s farm near Kells, County Meath. At age 18, he founded The Gallery Press, which has published more than 400 books of poems and plays by Ireland’s finest writers. Among the writers The Gallery Press publishes are Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, Brian Friel, Derek Mahon, John Montague, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Ciaran Carson and Medbh McGuckian, and it has fostered a new generation of Irish poets such as Vona Groarke, Peter Sirr, Conor O’Callaghan, Kerry Hardie and Alan Gillis.
Dave Lefkowitz interviews theatrical designer Lloyd Burlingame Topics include: Broadway, New York University, David Merrick, Brian Friel, Thornton Wilder, blindness, seeing-eye dogs. Segment scheduled to air Feb. 21, 2015 as part of the "Dave's Gone By" radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz. Please Note: Segments extracted from "Dave's Gone By" may have music and other elements removed for timing and media re-posting considerations. For the full interview with all elements, please visit the audio of the complete original broadcast. All content (c)2015 TotalTheater Productions. More information on Dave's Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com