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Philadelphia, Here I Come! by Brian Friel. All honor to Shakespeare, but parting is not sweet sorrow. When a man leaves home, love and country, he buries part of himself, and he is not likely to stand beside that grave dry-eyed. Philadelphia, Here I Come! is a young man's leave-taking crammed into one night, as Gareth O'Donnell says goodbye to the Irish village of Ballybeg and prepares to embark by jet for America, "a vast, restless place that doesn't give a curse about the past." The play is honest, lyrical, unaffected...
...play does more than dabble in sentiment. It is wet with it. But Playwright Friel frequently and expertly applies the dry saving sponge of humor. Without O'Casey and Joyce, the play might have existed, but not so good a play. Friel utilizes reverie, flashback, and stream of consciousness, but his cleverest device is to divide Gareth O'Donnell into a public and private self played, respectively, by Patrick Bedford and Donal Donnelly. This palpable alter ego, invisible to the other characters, acts as a jazzy Greek chorus, a human pep pill, and a court jester. He laughs...
...weenie arm, yoo hoo!" called the Harvard dugout as Dartmouth reliever Ted Friel survived a one-run outburst in the ninth inning yesterday to save a 5-4 victory over the Crimson. But it was Harvard's pitching that told the story...
...lefthander had lots of help yesterday. It started in the second inning when Stephenson singled for the first hit off Indian ace Ted Friel, who went into the game with a 1.39 earned run avarage. Gary Miller sacrificed Stephenson to second and John Dockery scored him with a single. Dockery promptly stole second, his 15th theft this year...
...Friel and Scott Creelman, two experienced pitchers, will spark an Indian team that tied for the league title last year but hasn't demonstrated much hitting strength this season...