“Translations,” from 1980 ... it makes a rigorous case not only for Brian Friel’s pre-eminence as an interpreter of Irish national identity, but for the vitality of art in deciphering ...

Brian Friel’s play Translations, about a country whose towns, villages and landmarks are being renamed in a new language, is set in Ireland in 1833, when the foreign power was Britain ...

Celebrated Irish playwright Brian Friel made the subject of his play “Translations” quite clear. He said his play “has to do with language and only language,” an issue he described in a ...

Director Braden Abraham sends his audience into total darkness at the top of his gorgeous staging of writer Brian Friel’s “Translations,” a rich and prescient Irish drama from 1980 with ...

Brian Friel’s 1980 play “Translations” considers language in all its contradictions, as a vehicle for understanding and misunderstanding, human progress and historical loss, self ...

A powerful classic from one of Ireland’s most revered dramatists, Translations is a celebration of the power of language—whether it be to kindle romance, incite violence, or build a bridge to ...

This sacred act of naming is explored within the context of colonialism in Brian Friel’s widely celebrated play “Translations,” part of a trio of Friel’s plays scheduled for the Irish ...

Plays by the legendary Irish playwright Brian Friel, often hailed as an 'Irish ... kick off with performances of 'Dancing at Lughnasa', 'Translations', 'Faith Healer', 'The Home Place', and ...

(Playwright), Faith Healer (Playwright), Translations (Playwright), Hedda Gabler (Adaptor), Lovers (Playwright), The Home Place (Playwright). What awards has Brian Friel been nominated for?

The students do not speak English, and hear only Owen’s unreliable translations when the soldiers ... Yolland rename the area for the army map, Friel’s play reveals how these places came ...

The Brian Friel Trust, which reportedly has plans ... and the gloom — more like an exhibit than a remnant of history. “Translations” (in which, somewhat mind-bendingly, a character from ...