A SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. TITLE
Aristocrats
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 6m
Aristocrats
by Brian Friel
"A lovely play, funny and harrowing. Mr. Friel makes the Irish condition synonymous with the human one." - The New York Times
"Poignant, moving." - New York Daily News
"Gently provocative and vastly entertaining." - …
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Cast Size
3w, 6m -
Subgenre
Period -
Target Audience
Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)
Details
Summary
Set in the mid-1970s in a crumbling Georgian mansion in County Donegal, this is a portrait of an upper-class Catholic family which, over four generations, has declined from a position of social power to one of genteel poverty. The characters find themselves attending the patriarch's funeral, and sit about the lawn drinking and quarrelling.
Keywords
- Time Period Contemporary, 1970s
- Setting A lawn and a small room
- Features Period Costumes
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Media
" Sad, enchanting play ... a heartaching world of crushed hopes and futile longings." Evening Standard " ... Friel's eloquence and piquant irony speaks volumes." - Time Out
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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Authors
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 ...