Contents: | Machine generated contents note:Acknowledgements -- 1. Situating Friel -- 2. Coming of Age: Philadelphia, Here I Come! -- 3. Formation of an Aesthetic: The Loves of Cass McGuire and Crystal and Fox -- 4. Speaking Out: The Freedom of the City and Volunteers -- 5. Uncertainty, Memory, Tragedy: Living Quarters and Faith Healer -- 6. A Kind of Trilogy: Making History, Translations and The Home Place -- 7. The Chekhov Factor and Gender Issues: Aristocrats, Dancing at Lughnasa and Molly Sweeney -- 8. 'The Vodka-and-Tonic Society': Wonderful Tennessee and Give Me Your Answer, Do! -- 9. Critical Perspectives: Shaun Richards, 'Placed Identities for Placeless Times: Brian Friel and Post-Colonial Criticism' -- David Krause, 'The Failed Words of Brian Friel' -- Csilla Bertha, 'Art as a lieu de memoire in Brian Friel's The Home Place'10 -- Performances -- 11. End Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Notes on contributors -- Index. |