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unusual facts about Brian Friel


Nicholas Bagenal

Mabel and Mary are major characters in the play Making History by Brian Friel; their father and brother Henry are frequently referred to but do not appear on stage.


Field Day Theatre Company

The Field Day Theatre Company began as an artistic collaboration between playwright Brian Friel and actor Stephen Rea.

Garbhan Downey

Downey is a product of St Columb’s College, the Catholic grammar school whose past pupils include John Hume, Seamus Heaney and Brian Friel.

Rafael Morais

He's appeared in many theater productions since including Sarah Kane's Phaedra's Love, Brian Friel's Lovers, Jean Genet's Deathwatch and Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen.

Risteárd Cooper

In 2009, he played the role of Dmitri in the critically acclaimed production of Brian Friel's play The Yalta Game, directed by Patrick Mason for the Gate Theatre at the 2009 Sydney and Edinburgh International Festivals.

William Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim

The murder forms a major element in the plot of the 2005 play The Home Place by Brian Friel.


see also

Kinlochbervie

The village features prominently in Irish writer Brian Friel's play Faith Healer.

Margo Harkin

In 1980 she joined Field Day Theatre Company founded by Brian Friel and Stephen Rea and went on to train as a Stage Designer with Percy Harris and Hayden Griffin at Motley Theatre Design Course in London.