For this revival of Friel's female-led play, set in his usual fictional Irish town of Ballybeg in the summer of 1936, former ...

A series of events will take place this weekend in Glenties, Co Donegal, to celebrate one of Ireland's most influential writers, Brian Friel, on the tenth anniversary of his death.

He’s just come from rehearsals for Brian Friel’s classic play Dancing at Lughnasa which comes to Manchester’s Royal Exchange next week. The story of five sisters living in a close-knit, remote ...

Families have been a source of inspiration for playwrights for generations. Naturally dysfunctional, often hilarious, at ...

Families have been a source of inspiration for playwrights for generations. Naturally dysfunctional, often hilarious, at times riddled with ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Winner of the 1992 Tony Award for Best Play, Dancing at Lughnasa is a ...

Dancing at Lughnasa represents a return to the stage for her after relocating to Ireland after years in London and a period ...

To understand Friel’s plays is to understand the world his characters inhabit. Invariably this world is the fictional ‘every village’ of Ballybeg. The universality of theme of Friel’s plays make them ...

There is an air of melancholy which is all-pervading in Brian Friel’s extraordinary semi-autobiographical masterpiece Dancing ...

The Case Western Reserve University Department of Theater will host performances of Dancing at Lughnasa, a play written by Brian Friel, and directed by Lara Mielcarek. In this memory play, narrator ...