Philadelphia, Here I Come!

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Philadelphia, Here I Come!

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  3w, 10m

Philadelphia, Here I Come!
by Brian Friel

On the eve of his departure for Philadelphia, Gar, an Irishman, with his private thoughts in the form of a humorous doppelganger onstage, observes the life ahead and the provincial existence he is leaving behind.

Image: 2024 Irish Repertory Theatre Production (Jeremy Daniel)

Philadelphia, Here I Come!

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    Cast Size
    3w, 10m

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On the eve of his departure for Philadelphia, Gar, an Irishman, with his private thoughts in the form of a humorous doppelganger onstage, observes the life ahead and the provincial existence he is leaving behind. As the housekeeper putters about, his curmudgeonly father again engages in a daring game of checkers and the neighborhood the lads toddle in to have a word of farewell. While he argues with the "public" self, "private" Gar reveals his true fears and aspirations to the audience at-large.
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  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting Composite setting

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  • Philadelphia, Here I Come!

    Image: 2024 Irish Repertory Theatre Production (Jeremy Daniel)

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Brian Friel

Brian Friel

Brian Friel (1929-2015), largely considered modern Ireland’s leading playwright, was born to a schoolmaster and a postmistress. After working as a teacher in Derry for ten years, he married Anne Morrison and moved to Donegal to begin writing in earnest. His first significant ...

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