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Brian Friel Plays 1 (69 page)

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

SELECT CHECKLIST OF WORKS

Compiled by Frances-Jane French

STAGE PLAYS (published)

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

STAGE PLAYS (unpublished)

A
Doubtful
Paradise
(
The
Francophile
)
,
performed Belfast, 1959

The
Blind
Mice,
performed Dublin, 1963

RADIO PLAYS

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

RADIO ADAPTATIONS

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

TELEVISION ADAPTATION

The
Enemy
Within,
BBC, 1965

FILM ADAPTATION

Philadelphia,
Here
I
Come!,
1970

SHORT-STORY COLLECTIONS

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

CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS

‘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

TEXT OF INTERVIEW

‘An Ulster Writer: Brian Friel’, conducted by Graham Morison,
Acorn
(Londonderry), no. 8, Spring 1965

BIOGRAPHY

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

The right of Brian Friel to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

All rights whatsoever in this work are strictly reserved. Applications for any use whatsoever including performance rights must be made in advance, prior to any such proposed use to: The Agency (London) Ltd, 24 Pottery Lane, Holland Park, London W11 4LZ.

The amateur rights for these plays are held by Samuel French. Amateur applications for permission to perform this play must be made in advance, before rehearsals begin, to Samuel French Ltd, 52 Fitzroy Street, London W1P 6JR. No performance may be given unless a license has first been obtained.

License to perform these plays does not include license to perform the songs ‘Lily of Laguna’ and ‘The Man Who Broke the Bank’, ‘Where Did You Get That Hat?’ and ‘The Way You Look Tonight’, which must be obtained from Performing Right Society Ltd, 29–33 Berners Street, London W1P 4AA

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ISBN 978–0–571–30063–1

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