Philadelphia, Here I Come

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Philadelphia, Here I Come
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Brian Friel
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:112
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 126
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
ISBN/Barcode 9780571085866
ClassificationsDewey:822.914
Audience
Primary & Secondary Education
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 29 May 1975
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Fed up with the dreary round of life in Ballybeg, with his uncommunicative father and the humiliating job in his father's grocery shop, with his frustrated love for Kathy Doogan who married a richer, more successful young man and with the total absence of prospect and opportunity in his life at home, Gareth O'Donnell has accepted his aunt's invitation to come to Philadelphia. Now, on the eve of his departure, he is not happy to be leaving Ballybeg.With this play Brian Friel made his reputation and it is now an acknowledged classic of modern drama.

Author Biography

Brian Friel was born in County Tyrone in 1929. He died in County Donegal on 2 October 2015.

Reviews

"Brian Friel is undoubtedly one of the finest playwrights working in the English language today." --Daily Telegraph "Of all contemporary authors, there is no one I admire more highly than Brian Friel." --Peter Brooke