Brian Friel

Brian Friel's "The Freedom of the City" Is Sincere but Distancing

Brian Friel’s “The Freedom of the City,” a 1973 work about the “Bloody Sunday” protest in Northern Ireland, gets a first-rate production from Irish Rep but proves uninvolving.

'Lovers' Is Well Acted, But a Bit Boring

Brian Friel's "Lovers" is a typically depressing Irish play about two couples on the brink of new relationships in a well-staged, though ultimately boring, production by director Drew Barr for The Actors Company Theatre.