Dancing at Lughnasa
Dancing at Lughnasa
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Published:
6 April, 2023
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Description
A profound, luminous masterpiece by one of Ireland's greatest playwrights.
This edition was published in 2023 with a beautifully redesigned text and cover, to coincide with the National Theatre' revival.
It is 1936 and harvest time in County Donegal. In a house just outside the village of Ballybeg live the five adult Mundy sisters; their older brother, a missionary priest returned from Uganda; and the youngest sister's seven-year-old son, Michael. Over the course of two days in the family's life, Brian Friel evokes not only the interior world of a group of human beings trapped in their domestic situation, but the wider landscape - public and private, Christian and pagan - of which they are nonetheless a part.
'There is no doubting we are in the thrall of as masterly a dramatist as the theatre possesses.' The Times
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780571385379 |
| ISBN10 | 0571385370 |
| Number Of Pages | 112 |
| Item Weight | 290 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 198 x 8 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Faber & Faber |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
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Author's Bio
Brian Friel (9 January 1929 - 2 October 2015) wrote thirty plays across six decades and is widely regarded as one of Ireland's greatest dramatists. His plays include Molly Sweeney, Wonderful Tennessee, Dancing at Lughnasa, Making History, Translations, Faith Healer, The Freedom of the City and Philadelphia, Here I Come!