Dancing at Lughnasa, a review
Dancing at Lughnasa, a review Movie review Written by Brian Friel, whom Wikipedia describes as one of Ireland’s greatest living dramatists, likened to an “Irish Chekhov.” These are pretty big pants to fill. It was made into a film in 1998 where Meryl Streep, though superb with accents and can carry almost any part, was cast in the lead role—perhaps not a choice that would be made today. #intheirvoice It is a play: about nothing. Five unmarried sisters trying to survive in County Donegal in 1936—just prior to World War II in which they did not fight. Brian Friel drew from his memory to write several what has been termed memory plays about a made-up place: Ballybeg. Also from Wiki: A memory play is a play in which a lead character narrates the events of the play, which are drawn from the character's memory. The term was coined by playwright Tennessee Williams, describing his work The Glass Menagerie . These can be a little tricky as the play prologue is voiced by ...