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Authors: Brian Friel
Ignari!
Stulti!
Rustici!
:
Ignoramuses! Fools! Peasants!
domus
lugubris
:
house of mourning
infelix
:
unlucky, unhappy
Bararus
hic
ego
sum
quia
non
intelligor
ulli
:
I am a barbarian here because I am not understood by anyone
procede
:
proceed
edictum
imperatoris
:
the decree of the commander
desiderium
nostrorum
:
longing/need for our things/people.
pietas
:
piety
Semper – per
omnia
saecula
:
Always – for all time.
always
to marry within the tribe
to marry outside the tribe
Urbs
antiqua
fuit
:
There was an ancient city
late
regem
belloque
superbum
:
kings of broad realms and proud in war
Compiled by Frances-Jane French
Philadelphia,
Here
I
Come!
, London, Faber & Faber, 1965; New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1966
The
Loves
of
Cass McGuire,
London, Samuel French, 1966; London, Faber & Faber, 1967; New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1967
Lovers,
New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968; London, Faber & Faber, 1969
Crystal
and
Fox,
London, Faber & Faber, 1970; New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970 (in
Two
Plays
)
The Mundy
Scheme
, London, Samuel French, 1970; New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970 (in
Two
Plays
)
The
Gentle
Island,
London, Davis Poynter, 1973
The
Freedom
of
the
City,
London, Faber & Faber, 1974; New York, Samuel French, 1974
The
Enemy
Within,
Newark, Delaware, Proscenium Press, 1975; Dublin, Gallery Press, 1979
Living
Quarters,
London, Faber & Faber, 1978
Volunteers,
London, Faber & Faber, 1979
Faith Healer,
London, Faber & Faber, 1980; New York, Samuel French, 1980
Aristocrats,
Dublin, Gallery Press, 1980; London, Faber & Faber, 1984
Translations,
Faber & Faber, 1981; New York, Samuel French, 1981
The
Three
Sisters
(translated from Chekhov), Dublin, Gallery Press, 1981
The
Communication
Cord,
London, Faber & Faber, 1983
A
Doubtful
Paradise
(
The
Francophile
)
,
performed Belfast, 1959
The
Blind
Mice,
performed Dublin, 1963
A
Sort
of
Freedom,
BBC Northern Ireland Home Service, 1958
To
This
Hard
House,
BBC Northern Ireland Home Service, 1958
The
Founder
Members,
BBC Light Programme, 1964
The
Loves
of Cass
McGuire,
BBC Third Programme, 1961
The
Enemy
Within,
BBC Third Programme, 1963
The
Blind
Mice,
BBC Northern Ireland Home Service, 1963
Philadelphia,
Here
I
Come!,
BBC Third Programme, 1965
Winners
(version of first part of
Lovers
)
,
BBC Third Programme, 1968
The
Enemy
Within,
BBC, 1965
Philadelphia,
Here
I
Come!,
1970
The
Saucer
of
Larks,
London, Gollancz, 1962; Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1962
The
Gold
in
the
Sea,
London, Gollancz, 1966; Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1966
Selected
Stories,
Dublin, Gallery Press, 1979; published as
The
Diviner:
The
Best
Stories
of
Brian
Friel,
Dublin, O’Brien Press, 1982; London, Allison & Busby, 1982
‘A Visit to Spain’,
Irish
Monthly
(Dublin and London), vol. 53, November 1952
‘The Theatre of Hope and Despair’ (text of lecture),
Everyman
(Benburb, Co. Tyrone), no. 1,1968
‘An Ulster Writer: Brian Friel’, conducted by Graham Morison,
Acorn
(Londonderry), no. 8, Spring 1965
Brian
Friel,
Desmond E. S. Maxwell, Lewisburg, Pa, Bucknell University Press, 1973 456
Brian Friel was born in Omagh, County Tyrone, in 1929. His plays include
Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Translations, Faith Healer, Making History
and
Dancing at Lughnasa.
THE ENEMY WITHIN
PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME!
THE LOVES OF CASS MAGUIRE
LOVERS
VOLUNTEERS
LIVING QUARTERS
THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY
THREE SISTERS
(C
HEKHOV
)
ARISTOCRATS
THE COMMUNICATION CORD
MAKING HISTORY
FATHERS AND SONS
(
AFTER
T
URGENEV
)
THE LONDON VERTIGO
(
AFTER
C
HARLES
M
ACKLIN
)
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY
(
AFTER
T
URGENEV
)
DANCING AT LUGHNASA
WONDERFUL TENNESSEE
MOLLY SWEENEY
GIVE ME YOUR ANSWER, DO
TRANSLATIONS
FAITH HEALER
THREE PLAYS AFTER
THE HOME PLACE
UNCLE VANYA
(C
HEKHOV)
PERFORMANCES
BRIAN FRIEL: PLAYS ONE
(
Philadelphia, Here I Come!, The Freedom of the City, Living Quarters, Aristocrats, Faith Healer, Translations
)
BRIAN FRIEL: PLAYS TWO
(
Dancing at Lughnasa, Fathers and Sons, Making History, Wonderful Tennessee, Molly Sweeney
)
also available
FABER CRITICAL GUIDE: BRIAN FRIEL
(
Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Translations, Making History, Dancing at Lughnasa
)
This collection first published in 1984 as
Selected Plays
Reissued as
Brian Friel: Plays One
in 1996
by Faber and Faber Ltd
Bloomsbury House
74–77 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DA
This ebook edition first published in 2013
All rights reserved
This collection © Brian Friel, 1996
Philadelphia, Here I Come!
Brian Friel, 1965
The Freedom of the City
© Brian Friel, 1974
Living Quarters
© Brian Friel, 1978
Aristocrats
© Brian Friel, 1980
Faith Healer
© Brian Friel, 1980
Translations
© Brian Friel, 1981
Introduction
© Seamus Deane, 1984
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