About Friel: The Playwright and the Work

(Paperback, Main)

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Teacher and playwright Tony Coult has selected an extensive and stimulating range of documents and interview material that explores Friel's life, work and the experiences of his collaborators and fellow artists who put that work on stage, including Patrick Mason, Connall Morrison, Joe Dowling and actors Catherine Byrne and Mark Lambert.

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"'The strong point of the books in this series is the distinctive voices of the writers, their attitudes and how these are reflected in their plays. Smart chronologies and brief annotated bibliographies give the books a student - friendly feel and all are readable and jargon - free.' Aleks Sierz"

Author Bio

Tony Coult is a writer and teacher of drama. He has written books about the playwrights Edward Bond and Brian Friel, and the art and performance activists Welfare State International. His theatre plays have been performed by young peoples and Theatre-in-Education companies in all parts of England, and his plays for radio have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Education. He writes regularly for eMagazine and runs weekly drama workshops in the Snowsfield Adolescent Unit and Evalina School, both at Guy's Hospital in London