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- Brian_Friel abstract "Brian Friel (born 9 January 1929) is an Irish dramatist, author and director of the Field Day Theatre Company. He is considered to be one of the greatest living English-language dramatists, hailed by the English-speaking world as an "Irish Chekhov" and "the universally accented voice of Ireland". Friel is best known for plays such as Philadelphia, Here I Come! and Dancing at Lughnasa but has written more than thirty plays in a six-decade spanning career that has seen him elected Saoi of Aosdána. His plays have been a regular feature on Broadway throughout this time.Philadelphia, Here I Come! was turned into a film in 1975, starring Donal McCann, directed by John Quested, screenplay by Brian Friel. In 1980 Friel co-founded Field Day Theatre Company and his play Translations was the company's first production. Neil Jordan completed a screenplay for a film version of Translations that was never produced. With Field Day Friel has collaborated with Seamus Heaney, 1995 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Heaney and Friel first became friends after Friel sent the young poet a letter following the publication of Death of a Naturalist.He was appointed to Seanad Éireann in 1987 and served until 1989. Dancing at Lughnasa (1990) brought Friel great acclaim internationally, winning him several Tony Awards, including Best Play, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Play and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. It was also turned into a film in 1998, starring Meryl Streep, directed by Pat O'Connor, script by County Donegal playwright Frank McGuinness. His play Lovers was adapted into an opera by Richard Wargo entitled Ballymore (1999), which was premiered by the Skylight Opera Theatre, Milwaukee, in February 1999. The first part of Ballymore, "Winners" was given its Irish premiere at the Wexford Opera Festival in 2010. The second of the two parts, "Losers", will have its premiere at the festival in 2013.Friel is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the British Royal Society of Literature and the Irish Academy of Letters. "He has lectured in many European and American universities and has written and edited twelve books, including the definitive studies of Brian Friel and Lawrence Durrell, the histories of the Dublin Gate Theatre and of the Royal Irish Academy of Music, of which he is a Governor and an honorary Fellow."".
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- Brian_Friel awards "Dancing at Lughnasa".
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- Brian_Friel awards "Philadelphia, Here I Come!".
- Brian_Friel awards "• NY Drama Critics Circle Award".
- Brian_Friel awards "• Olivier Award".
- Brian_Friel awards "• Tony Award for Best Play for".
- Brian_Friel awards "• Writers' Guild of Britain Award".
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- Brian_Friel birthName "Bernard Patrick Friel".
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- Brian_Friel caption "Promotional photo advertising Friel's Faith Healer at the 2009 Edinburgh International Festival. (Photo by Bobbie Hanvey.)".
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- Brian_Friel comment "Brian Friel (born 9 January 1929) is an Irish dramatist, author and director of the Field Day Theatre Company. He is considered to be one of the greatest living English-language dramatists, hailed by the English-speaking world as an "Irish Chekhov" and "the universally accented voice of Ireland".".