Entertainment & Arts
Brian Friel wasn’t a household name in the U.S., but within the theater world, and especially among Irish actors, the playwright was a beloved figure whose poetically loquacious dramas provided juicy roles and plum character parts for many notable performers, including a young Liam Neeson and Stephen Rea.
Oct. 2, 2015
The time is late afternoon. The place is South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa.
April 21, 1995
Critical Praise: “Dancing at Lughnasa” by Irish playwright Brian Friel has been voted best play of the 1991-92 theater season by the New York Drama Critics’ Circle.
May 13, 1992
If life is nothing but a series of transitions, some transitions are bigger than others.
May 28, 1990
Irish playwright Brian Friel is great because he acknowledges the insufficiency of language.
July 8, 1994
Brian Friel’s “Translations” is caught up in the fluidity of language--the rippling, rolling tumble of Irish Gaelic, the distant poetry of ancient Greek and Latin, the clipped precision of British English.
April 22, 1986
UCI Is Perfect Partner for Semiautobiographical ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’
Nov. 14, 1998
Ralph Fiennes is coming to Broadway for the first time since his 1995 Tony Award-winning performance in “Hamlet.”
Jan. 24, 2006
Irish playwright Brian Friel’s “Dancing at Lughnasa,” a 1992 Tony Award-winner, is getting a sturdy, finely acted Los Angeles County premiere from singular productions at Ivy Substation.
March 17, 1995
The unreliable antique radio in the Irish country house is a source of both joy and frustration for the impoverished family in Brian Friel’s haunting drama “Dancing at Lughnasa.”
March 10, 1994