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Communication Cord
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4f, 4m
"A sense of place is one of the great gifts Brian Friel brings to playwrighting...in The Communication Cord he marries that gift to his own sense of the absurd." - London Times
"The moving sentiment of Translations …
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Cast Size
4f, 4m
Details
Summary
The setting of the first farce by the author of the celebrated Philadelphia, Here I Come! and Translations is a remote Donegal peasant cottage which has been converted into a weekend retreat for members of the urban elite. The traditional elements of the genre combine with a satiric vision to produce a result which is at once hilarious and biting.
Licensing & Materials
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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 ...