Lifelong Learning Lecture Series: Brian Friel’s Beginnings
GUEST SPEAKER: Dr. Kelly Matthews, Associate Professor of English, Framingham State University and Vice President of the American Conference for Irish Studies
Irish playwright Brian Friel is best known in the U.S. for “Dancing at Lughnasa,” which was adapted for film in 1993. When he died in 2015, the Guardian called him “Ireland’s greatest contemporary playwright.” But how did Friel get his start? This lecture will explore archival sources which build a new understanding of this important writer’s early work.