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Aristocrats

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 6m

Brian Friel

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

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Aristocrats

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 6m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period
  • Audience
    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
M6 (30s, 50s, 70s) F3 (20s, 30s)
  • 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

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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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