A collection of six plays by the Irish playwright, Brian Friel.
The action takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag, an Irish-speaking community in County Donegal. In a nearby field camps a recently arrived detachment of the Royal Engineers, making the first Ordnance Survey. For the purposes of cartography, the local Gaeli[...]
It is 1936 and harvest time in County Donegal. In a house just outside the village of Ballybeg live the five Mundy sisters, barely making ends meet, their ages ranging from twenty-six up to forty. The two male members of the household are brother Jack, a missionary priest, repatriated from Africa by[...]
Lauded for his "rhythmical and supple writing, charged with despair and enchantment", Brian Friel's play "Faith Healer" was first produced at the Longacre Theatre, New York, in 1979 and revived by the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2001.[...]
This second collection of Brian Friel's work contains:The Freedom of the City (1973) Volunteers (1975) Living Quarters (1977) Aristocrats (1979) (March) Faith Healer (1979) (April) Translations (1980)[...]