“It is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language."
✒️ #BrianFriel, Irish dramatist (Translations), was #BOTD 9 January 1929. #Theatre #Literature
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Robert Beale enjoys a finely-detailed production of Brian Friel's modern classic Dancing at Lughnasa at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre. Read his review
@rxtheatre.bsky.social @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social #ElizabethNewman #BrianFriel
www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/dancing...
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Ringing bells, magical nights in Dublin theatres+ Cork's Lobby Bar, + foraging for treasure... #sundaymiscellany is on air now with Dominic Dromgoole Adam Trodd Bernadett Buda Aoife Barry David Grant and Noelle Lynskey #brianfriel #MaeveBinchy #manchanmagan Tune in! @sweetoblivion.bsky.social
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Brian Friel (1929-2015), Irish dramatist, short story writer
Died #otd Brian Friel (1929-2015), Irish dramatist, short story writer, 10 years ago today #BrianFriel life story...
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"It is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language."
✒ #BrianFriel, Irish author, playwright, and director, #DOTD 2 October 2015. #Theatre #Literature
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Brilliant radio version of Brian Friel’s play ‘Faith Healer’ #BrianFriel #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Brian Friel frequently explored the complexities of the Irish language and its relationship to national identity in his works, particularly in his play 'Translations'.
Read more at LetsLearnIrish.com/articles/brian-friel/
#LetsLearnIrish #BrianFriel #Translations
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Brian Friel: Celebrating the great Irish playwright in the places that inspired his work
Arts Over Borders is curating an epic 5 year project. Jane Coyle speaks to some of the directors via @thestage.co.uk
www.thestage.co.uk/features/bri...
#BrianFriel
#IrishDrama
#ArtsOverBorders
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Previews start TONIGHT for DANCING AT LUGHNASA the 3Olympia Theatre! 🌾🪁🫐📻
"Triumphant, breathtakingly beautiful" ★★★★★ – The Irish Times
📅 LIMITED RUN: From 1st July to 26th July
🎟️ Tickets are available from www.3olympia.ie/whats-on/dan....
#DancingAtLughnasa #BrianFriel
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New #books!
#Biographies of #BrianFriel & #JMWTurner.
#TheParisReview: #PlaywrightsAtWork... interviews with #EdwardAlbee #SamuelBeckett etc.
#TechnoFeudalism (#WhatKilledCapitalism) by #YanisVaroufakis.
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” #FrederickDouglass
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The sack, rape, desecration and murder of #empire ...:
* The 1770 #Bengali famine, designed by the #EastIndiaCompany to destroy the local #cotton #fabric industry and invent a poisonous drug trade in its place.
* The looting and burning of the #OldSummerPalace near #Beijing, ordered by the same […]
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Brian Friel #100headschallenge #11 #brianfriel #irish #writer #playwright #draw #art #graphite #pencil
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Stories of #Ireland by #BrianFriel #Book #Review – a solid gold treat
Originally published in 1979, this tremendous set of stories by the great #Irish playwright is full of country folk looking to make their mark
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Poster shot for ‘Translations’ @nationaltheatre #2019
#davidstewart with
@nationaltheatregraphics @louisearich @olliewinser @wrenagency @wrenldn
Written by #brianfriel
directed by #ianrickson
#judithroddy #ciaranhinds
#frafee #translations #ireland
#londontheatre
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Montage of Irish cultural references relating to the podcast with Leonora Carrington in the foreground.
Sunday 12hr UK #BrightSideOfTheRoad from @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social on portobelloradio.com - 2hrs of #Irish #culture with Jim Sheridan #TheField, Joanna Foster #LeonoraCarrington, Sean O'Neill #BrianFriel, Ainsley Hammill #Gaelic #Songs, #music #film #literature #culture & more ☘️
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Thursday 19hr UK #BrightSideOfTheRoad from @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social on portobelloradio.com - 2hrs of #Irish #culture with Jim Sheridan #TheField, Joanna Foster #LeonoraCarrington, Sean O'Neill #BrianFriel, Ainsley Hammill #Gaelic #Songs & loads more ☘️🎶📚📽️
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Poster for ‘Translations’ @nationaltheatre #2018 featuring #colinmorgan shot with @louisearich & @olliewinser @nationaltheatregraphics #davidstewart @wrenagency @wrenldn directed by #ianrickson #translations by #brianfriel
Thanks @katiejanecordell
#theatre #photography #productionline
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Steve Griffiths joins the faithful at Salford's Kings Arms pub theatre to watch Faith Healer and commune with theatrical demigods Brian Friel and David Thacker
#RisingMoon #BrianFriel #FaithHealer
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“It is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language."
✒️ #BrianFriel, Irish dramatist (Translations), was #BOTD 9 January 1929. #Theatre #Literature
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Renowned director David Thacker gets the team back together from last year's 'American Buffalo' for a Brian Friel classic
#kingsarmssalford #DavidThacker #BrianFriel #FaithHealer
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A powerful portrayal of life’s interplay of the ‘actual & illusory’. Thrilled to attend gala performance of #DancingatLughnasa at Gate Theatre Dublin for the #BrianFriel centre opening next year in Glenties fingers crossed🤞
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