Brian Friel - LIVING QUARTERS THE GALLERY PRESS
HOME
CONTACT US
SEARCH
BRIAN FRIEL Photograph taken by
Click on author's photo for biography
Living Quarters reconstructs a day in the life of the Butler family in the village of Ballybeg.

Frank Butler, who has served all his life in the Irish army, returns from United Nations service, a hero, to learn of his young wife's affair with his son from a previous marriage.

A memory play, Living Quarters foreshadows Aristocrats, one of the author's masterpieces, with its family of three sisters and a nervous brother.

Parallels with Greek tragedy are marked in Friel's absorbing study of family relationships and the absence of a refuge from destiny.



LIVING QUARTERS cover art:'' by

Click on book for information
ARISTOCRATS    A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY    CRYSTAL AND FOX    FAITH HEALER    GIVE ME YOUR ANSWER, DO!   
LOVERS   THE LONDON VERTIGO

MOLLY SWEENEY    PERFORMANCES - cover - by Basil Blackshaw    SELECTED STORIES    THE COMMUNICATION CORD    THE ENEMY WITHIN    THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY    THE GENTLE ISLAND

THE LOVES OF CASS McGUIRE    THREE SISTERS    THE YALTA GAME    UNCLE VANYA    VOLUNTEERS    WONDERFUL TENNESSEE    THREE PLAYS AFTER   THE HOME PLACE