Brian Friel, irský dramatik a režisér, proslul svými díly zkoumajícími irskou identitu a historii. Jeho hry vynikají poetickým jazykem, komplexními postavami a hlubokým zamyšlením nad pamětí a ztrátou. Frielův přístup k psaní se vyznačuje jemným pozorováním lidské povahy a neochvějným zájmem o to, jak minulost formuje přítomnost. Jeho inovativní dramatická tvorba zanechala nesmazatelnou stopu v moderním divadle.
Divadelní program k inscenaci ND v Praze obsahuje kromě textu hry také studie o autorovi, o skladateli Leoši Janáčkovi, jeho díle a též informace o tvůrcích inscenace. Česká premiéra proběhla dne 16. února 2009 v Divadle Kolowrat.
Nejslavnější hra významného irského dramatika, odehrávající se na irském venkově roku 1936. Život pěti sester naruší nečekaný příchod otce nemanželského dítěte jedné z nich...
This enthralling play considers the relationship between the private life and public work of the composer Leos Jan�cek, the passion he felt for a married woman nearly forty years his junior, and his final surge of creative energy.Performances premiered at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in 2003.
A collection of six plays by 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 Gaelic place names have to be recorded and rendered into English. In examining the effects of this operation on the lives of a small group, Brian Friel skilfully reveals the far-reaching personal and cultural effects of an action which is at first sight purely administrative. -- from back cover
Fed up with the dreary round of life in Ballybeg, with his uncommunicative father and the humiliating job in his father's grocery shop, with his frustrated love for Kathy Doogan who married a richer, more successful young man and with the total absence of prospect and opportunity in his life at home, Gareth O'Donnell has accepted his aunt's invitation to come to Philadelphia. Now, on the eve of his departure, he is not happy to be leaving Ballybeg.With this play Brian Friel made his reputation and it is now an acknowledged classic of modern drama.
Exploring mid-century Irish life, this collection showcases Brian Friel's masterful storytelling through a series of vivid short stories. Each narrative captures the essence of beauty, struggle, and discovery, from the haunting drowning in Lough Keeragh to the camaraderie of potato gatherers in County Tyrone. Friel's uncanny ability to reveal the extraordinary within the ordinary shines through, making these tales both humorous and profoundly moving. Renowned author Edna O'Brien praises them as exemplary short stories, deftly blending skill and emotion.
