Brian Friel - THE GENTLE ISLAND THE GALLERY PRESS
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BRIAN FRIEL Photograph taken by Myles Byrne
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A morning in June. The inhabitants of Inishkeen, The Gentle Island, off the west coast of County Donegal, are leaving for good — all except Manus Sweeney and his family.

In this parable of Ireland one of the characters remarks, 'There's ways and ways of telling every story. Every story has seven faces,' and the title of Friel's brave work belies a set of violent sexual and homosexual tensions.

In the author's inimitable language and characterization the island's story and history unfold towards a shattering climax.



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ARISTOCRATS  A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY  CRYSTAL AND FOX  FAITH HEALER  GIVE ME YOUR ANSWER, DO! 
LOVERS   LIVING QUARTERS  THE LONDON VERTIGO

  MOLLY SWEENEY - cover by Basil Blackshaw  PERFORMANCES  SELECTED STORIES  THE COMMUNICATION CORD  THE ENEMY WITHIN  THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY   THE LOVES OF CASS McGUIRE  THREE SISTERS

  THE YALTA GAME  UNCLE VANYA  VOLUNTEERS  WONDERFUL TENNESSEE  THREE PLAYS AFTER
  THE HOME PLACE  HEDDA GABLER  A MAN'S WORLD (Title Page)