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“brian friel”

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  • Nga Whakamaoritanga

    Translated by Hemi Kelly ...
    by Brian Friel ...
    A powerful translation exploring language, identity, and cultural collision in 19th century Ireland.Set in a hedge-school in Baile Beag, County Donegal, in 1833, this play delves into the complexities of language and cultural identity. As the Royal Engineers undertake the first Ordnance Survey, mapping Irish place names into English, the community grapples with the impact of this seemingly benign ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Brian Friel: Plays 3

    Three Sisters; A Month in the Country; Uncle Vanya; The Yalta Game; The Bear; Afterplay; Performances; The Home Place; Hedda Gabler

    by Brian Friel ...
    This third collection by Brian Friel contains two original works: Performances, which considers the relationship between the private life and public work of the composer Leos Janácek; and The Home Place, set in Ballybeg, Donegal, at the dawn of Home Rule. There are three masterful plays based on stories by Chekhov; and Friel's exquisite versions of Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya, of Ibsen's Hedda ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Hedda Gabler

    in a version

    by Henrik Ibsen ...
    Translated by Brian Friel ...
    Hedda Gabler returns, dissatisfied, from a long honeymoon. Bored by her aspiring academic husband, she foresees a life of tedious convention. And so, aided and abetted by her predatory confidante, Judge Brack, she begins to manipulate the fates of those around her to devastating effect.Brian Friel's version of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler premiered at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in September 2008, to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Home Place

    by Brian Friel ...
    The year is 1878. The widowed Christopher Gore, his son David and their housekeeper Margaret, the woman with whom they are both in love, live at The Lodge in Ballybeg. But in this era of unrest at the dawn of Home Rule, their seemingly serene life is threatened by the arrival of Christopher's English cousin, who unwittingly ignites deep animosity among the villagers of Ballybeg.The Home Place ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Performances

    by Brian Friel ...
    This enthralling play considers the relationship between the private life and public work of the composer Leos Janácek, 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. ... Read more

    $11.89 USD

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    Brian Friel: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

    Translations, Faith Healer & More

    by Brian Friel ...
    Narrated by Adrian Dunbar, Samuel Barnett, Dermot Crowley, Phil Daniels, Lia Williams, Mark Bazeley, Full Cast, Aiofe McMahon ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 23 min

    Dramatisations and short stories by the award-winning playwright - plus bonus programmesKnown as the 'Irish Chekhov', Brian Friel was one of the most renowned dramatists of his generation, producing over 30 plays in a career spanning six decades. Included here are some of his best-known works, as well as mesmerising radio documentaries featuring the author himself, in his own words.Beginning with ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Molly Sweeney

    by Brian Friel ...
    Narrated by Jenny Bacon, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 6 min

    Molly Sweeney, by the great Irish playwright Brian Friel, tells the story of married couple Molly and Frank, who live in a remote Irish village. Molly has been blind since birth, but now a surgeon – Mr. Rice – believes he may be able to restore her sight. In a series of interwoven monologues, Molly Sweeney takes us into the minds of three people with very different expectations of what will happen ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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    Fathers and Sons

    by Brian Friel ...
    Narrated by James Callis, Harry Hamlin, Alfred Molina, Daniel Stewart, Devon Sorvari, Jane Kaczmarek, Joanne Whalley, Jocelyn Towne, John Sloan, Molly C. Quinn, Nicholas Hormann ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 57 min

    The epic sweep of Turgenev’s 19th century literary masterpiece is brought to the stage by one of Ireland’s greatest living dramatists. Fathers and Sons captures the ongoing clash of generations and philosophies. Set in a Russian country estate, Friel’s powerful and resonant adaptation examines the inevitable conflict between the urgency of youth and the entrenchment of age.An L.A. Theatre Works ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • Dream in Peace

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    A young girl lives in fear of her abusive father....A powerful short tale. Based on a true story. ... Read more

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  • A Conspiracy Of Violence

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    Susanna Gregory, author of the Matthew Bartholomew series of medieval mysteries, has created another compelling fictional detective set in Restoration London.--------------------------------------------The first adventure in the Thomas Chaloner series.The dour days of Cromwell are over.Charles II is well established at White Hall Palace, his mistress at hand in rooms over the Holbein bridge, the ... Read more

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