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...Never Can Tell, Sheridan's The Rivals, or both. Additional foreign works include the 1966 London critics' prize-winning The Killing of Sister George, the tale of a disturbed soap-opera star with an unsavory private life; The Loves of Cass McGuire, by Brian Friel (who wrote Philadelphia, Here I Come!), about a Bowery barmaid's return to her native Ireland; and Help Stamp Out Marriage!, by Billy Liar Authors Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall...
PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME! The American immigrant experience is a tale oft told; but in this engaging drama, Irish Playwright Brian Friel offers a fascinating visit to the Ould Sod for a glimpse of the wrenching departure that precedes each expectant arrival...
PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME! Irish Playwright Brian Friel, knowing that every man is his own toughest critic and most devoted fan, uses two actors to play the inner and outer selves of a youth caught between nostalgia and expectations before leaving for America...
PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME! Irish Playwright Brian Friel, knowing that every man is his own toughest critic and most devoted fan, uses two actors to play the inner and outer selves of a youth torn between nostalgia and expectation on the eve of his departure for America. The device is stunning and absorbing...
PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME! Before a man can fully embrace the future, he must be willing to endure a painful relinquishing of the past. In an honestly affecting portrait of an Irish émigré, Playwright Brian Friel depicts a young man caught between the pull of old memories and the beckoning of new hopes...