{"product_id":"9781408154502","title":"The Theatre of Brian Friel: Tradition and Modernity","description":"Brian Friel is Ireland's foremost living playwright, whose work spans fifty years and has won numerous awards, including three Tonys and a Lifetime Achievement Arts Award. Author of twenty-five plays, and whose work is studied at GCSE and A level (UK), and the Leaving Certificate (Ire), besides at undergraduate level, he is regarded as a classic in contemporary drama studies. Christopher Murray offers the definitive guide to Friel's work; both a detailed study of individual plays and an exploration of Friel's dual commitment to tradition and modernity across his oeuvre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with Friel's 1964 work \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia, Here I Come!\u003c\/i\u003e it follows a broadly chronological route through the principle plays, including \u003ci\u003eAristocrats\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFaith Healer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTranslations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDancing at Lughnasa\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMolly Sweeney\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Home Place\u003c\/i\u003e. Along the way it considers themes of exile, politics, fathers and sons, belief and ritual, history, memory, gender inequality, and loss, all set against the dialectic of tradition and modernity.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152929571056,"sku":"9781408154502","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408154502_p0.jpg?v=1763719600","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408154502","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}