Brian Friel Links
“But we’re always sniffing abut for it, aren’t we? - looking for disaster. The rents are going to go up again - the harvest’s going to be lost - the herring have gone away forever - there's going to be evictions. Honest to god, some of you people aren’t happy unless you’re miserable and you’ll not be right content until you’re dead!”
Brian Friel
Translations (1980)
Brian Friel Biography -- Princess Grace Irish Library
Biography contained in the Princess Grace Irish Library (
Monaco ) Electronic Irish Records Dataset.
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Brian Friel Biography
This site contains a short biography on Brian Friel and links to other Friel sites.
Brian Friel
Short biography by Irish Writers Online.
Course Assignment on Brian Friel
This site contains a biography and discussion of Brian Friel’s works, including events that inspired him.
Friel – Emory University
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Emory University contains a biography and list of major works and awards. The site also has a discussion of Dancing at Lughnasa and Translations.
Internet Broadway Database: Brian Friel
List of Broadway productions of Brian Friel’s plays. Contains links to each play, with information on theatre, actors and production credits.
Irish Writers Online -- Friel
Brief biographies of Irish writers with information on their own works.
Reading the Future
Interview by Mike Murphy for RTE of journalist and critic Fintan O'Toole, and university professor Declan Kiberd, about Friel and his works and influences. Also contains a list of Friel’s major works.
Séan O'Faolain and Brian Friel – A Comparison
This site compares and contrasts the writings of Séan O'Faolain and Brian Friel on Irishness and a sense of place.
The Historical and Colonial Context of Brian Friel’s Translations
This site contains an academic paper discussing the historical context of Translations.
Translations - Brian Friel
Review of Translations as performed at the Abbey Theatre. | 
