Brian Friel by Bobbie Hanvey - a life in pictures
Photographer Bobby Hanvey had unrivalled access to Brian Friel. Here, we republish a story on a 2008 exhibition and a select gallery of some of his photographs of Friel
Photographer Bobby Hanvey had unrivalled access to Brian Friel. Here, we republish a story on a 2008 exhibition and a select gallery of some of his photographs of Friel
Playwright’s language will ring out around the world for as long as theatre survives
His words came from a place where his keen sense of language picked up the cadences of poetry
From Killyclogher, to Derry, to Ballybeg
Brian Friel knew he was in debt to Donegal, the setting for his finest works, and a place he loved – though never uncritically
Those of us privileged to know and love the great playwright will cherish his friendship
Edited excerpts from Friel’s regular newspaper column from the late 1950s and early 1960s
Friel established himself as an heir to the silences of Beckett and father to the tradition of monologue drama
From Philadelphia Here I Come! to The Home Place, Peter Crawley selects Friel’s finest
‘Our world is better for having had Brian Friel in it and now seems a lot smaller’
With the opening, in 1979 and 1980, of three extraordinary plays – ‘Aristocrats’, ‘Translations’ and ‘Faith Healer’ – Brian Friel became one of the great playwrights of his age
Playwright ‘part of the theatrical life of every theatre house’ in Ireland, Abbey director says
At the MacGill Summer School in 2008 the playwright, a famously reluctant interviewee, finally agreed to talk to ‘The Irish Times’
Major plays include Philadelphia, Here I Come! and Dancing at Lughnasa
My friend’s humanity, connection with his audience and masterly writing made him unique
In 1969 I heard for the first time the irreverent voice, the marvellous mimicry, of the man behind the plays
For the late playwright the past and our images of it were slippery and treacherous. Truth lay not in public facts but in private fictions
The late playwright did not like to be interviewed, and eventually he gave it up altogether. But he did give this rare interview to the drama critic of ‘In Dublin’ magazine in 1982
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices