Brian+Friel

Brian Friel



[] **Brian Friel** (born 9 January 1929) is an [|Irish] [|dramatist], [|theatre director] and [|author]. He is best known for his plays //[|Philadelphia Here I Come!] //, "[|Translations] ", and //[|Dancing at Lughnasa] //.Friel was born in [|Omagh], [|County Tyrone] , the son of Patrick "Paddy" Friel. His father was a primary school teacher and later a councillor (or 'corporater') on Londonderry Corporation (as it was, up until 1970, officially called), the local city council in [|Derry]. Friel's mother, Mary McLoone, was postmistress of [|Glenties], [|County Donegal]. He attended [|St Columb's College] in Derry, received his B. A. from St. Pat's College, Maynooth (1945–48), and qualified as a teacher at St. Joseph's Training College in [|Belfast], 1949-50. He married Anne Morrison in 1954, with whom he has four daughters and one son; they remain married. Between 1950 and 1960, he worked as a Maths teacher in the Derry primary and intermediate school system, taking leave in 1960 to pursue a career as writer, living off his savings. In 1966, the Friels moved from 13 Malborough Street, Derry to Muff, County Donegal, eventually settling outside[|Greencastle], County Donegal.

**__ Plays __**


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 * <span style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//<span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #cc2200; text-decoration: none;">[|The London Vertigo] // (Charles Macklin adaptation, 1991)
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