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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:playwright
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gptkbp:adaptation
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Dancing at Lughnasa (film)
The Faith Healer (film)
Translations (film)
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gptkbp:associated_act
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gptkb:Abbey_Theatre
gptkb:Field_Day_Theatre_Company
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gptkbp:associated_acts
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gptkb:Field_Day_Theatre_Company
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Play
gptkb:Olivier_Award_for_Best_New_Play
gptkb:Irish_Times_Theatre_Award
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1929-01-09
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gptkbp:born_in
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Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:5
David Friel
Catherine Friel
Mary Friel
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gptkbp:death_date
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2015-10-02
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Queen's_University_Belfast
St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra
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gptkbp:final_play
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The Home Place
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:comedy
gptkb:drama
gptkb:tragedy
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Brian Friel
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gptkbp:inaugural_play
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The Last of Mr. Mc Coy
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Postcolonial_Literature
Contemporary Irish Theatre
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Henrik_Ibsen
gptkb:Catholicism
Irish culture
politics in Ireland
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Henrik_Ibsen
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gptkbp:known_for
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exploring themes of identity
exploring themes of family
exploring themes of history
exploring themes of language
exploring themes of memory
Exploring Irish culture
Exploring the impact of history on personal lives
Exploring themes of identity and language
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gptkbp:language
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English
Irish
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gptkbp:legacy
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works translated into multiple languages
contributed to the revival of Irish drama
influential figure in Irish theatre
inspired a generation of playwrights
plays performed worldwide
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gptkbp:nationality
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Irish
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gptkbp:notable_work
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Dancing at Lughnasa
Translations
The Home Place
The Faith Healer
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gptkbp:notable_works
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Dancing at Lughnasa
The Freedom of the City
Translations
The Faith Healer
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:playwright
gptkb:Screenwriter
gptkb:theater_productions
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gptkbp:place_of_birth
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Killyclogher, County Tyrone, Ireland
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gptkbp:place_of_death
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Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland
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gptkbp:posthumous_recognition
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numerous tributes and memorials
celebrated in literary festivals
Brian Friel Centre for Theatre Research
Brian Friel Theatre at Queen's University Belfast
honored by the Irish government
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gptkbp:spouse
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Anne Morrison
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Abbey_Theatre
gptkb:The_Gate_Theatre
gptkb:The_National_Theatre_of_Ireland
gptkb:The_Field_Day_Theatre_Company
gptkb:The_Abbey_Theatre
gptkb:The_Matchmaker
gptkb:The_Cripple_of_Inishmaan
gptkb:The_Field_Day_Anthology_of_Irish_Writing
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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