Dancing at Lughnasa: Award-Winning Irish Play by Brian Friel | Family Drama Set in Rural Ireland | Perfect for Theater Lovers, Book Clubs & Drama Students
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It is 1936 and harvest time in County Donegal. In a house just outside the village of Ballybeg live the five Mundy sisters, barely making ends meet, their ages ranging from twenty-six up to forty. The two male members of the household are brother Jack, a missionary priest, repatriated from Africa by his superiors after twenty-five years, and the seven-year-old child of the youngest sister. In depicting two days in the life of this menage, Brian Friel evokes not simply the interior landscape of a group of human beings trapped in their domestic situation, but the wider landscape, interior and exterior, Christian and pagan, of which they are nonetheless a part.
Customer Reviews
This play gives a feel for Ireland in transition after WWI and before WWII. It also queries the differences between primitive beliefs and the more judgmental and rigid beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church which came to Ireland in the 1400s and supplanted and forbade the Celtic beliefs. The playwright also hints at dangers in the modern political world. I suggest reading the play aloud for the full comprehension. After all it was written to be spoken aloud. And if you want to watch the movie version with Meryl Streep, watch it first before reading the play which gives greater complexity. The movie is good though, and can be watched for free on You-Tube. Thank you You-Tube. Enjoy some real literature here.
