{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-brian-friel-paperback-9780521666862","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Brian Friel (Paperback) 9780521666862","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Brian Friel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive critical approach to Ireland's greatest living playwright, first published in 2006.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnthony Roche (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521666862, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 19 October 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e198 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.3 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This collection of essays offers a variety of insightful approaches to Friel beyond the obvious groupings of plays and themes.' Wasafiri\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBrian Friel is widely recognized as Ireland's greatest living playwright, winning an international reputation through such acclaimed works as Translations (1980) and Dancing at Lughnasa (1990). This 2006 collection of specially commissioned essays includes contributions from leading commentators on Friel's work (including two fellow playwrights) and explores the entire range of his career from his 1964 breakthrough with Philadelphia, Here I Come!  to his most recent success in Dublin and London with The Home Place (2005). The essays approach Friel's plays both as literary texts and as performed drama, and provide the perfect introduction for students of both English and Theatre Studies, as well as theatregoers. The collection considers Friel's lesser-known works alongside his more celebrated plays and provides a comprehensive critical survey of his career. This is a comprehensive study of Friel's work, and includes a chronology and further reading suggestions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction Anthony Roche\u003cbr\u003e 2. The early plays Thomas Kilroy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Surviving the sixties: three plays by Brian Friel 1968–71 Frank McGuinness\u003cbr\u003e 4. Friel and the Northern Ireland 'Troubles' play Stephen Watt\u003cbr\u003e 5. Family affairs: Friel's plays of the late seventies Anthony Roche\u003cbr\u003e 6. Five ways of looking at Faith Healer Nicholas Grene\u003cbr\u003e 7. Translations, the Field Day debate and the re-imagining of Irish identity Martine Pelletier\u003cbr\u003e 8. Dancing at Lughnasa and the unfinished revolution Helen Lojek\u003cbr\u003e 9. The late plays George O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e 10. Friel's Irish Russia Richard Pine\u003cbr\u003e 11. Friel and performance history Patrick Burke\u003cbr\u003e 12. Friel's dramaturgy: the visual dimension Richard Allen Cave\u003cbr\u003e 13. Performativity, unruly bodies and gender in Brian Friel's drama Anna McMullan\u003cbr\u003e 14. Brian Friel as postcolonial playwright Csilla Bertha\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003082494232,"sku":"9780521666862","price":25.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521666862i_1ce77854-74b3-4f9c-b7c6-a7128ccf76d2.jpg?v=1691379706","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-brian-friel-paperback-9780521666862","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}