TRANSLATIONS

“Friel’s masterly play is steeped in irony and itself beautifully written”
Michael Billington The Guardian

What happens when you rob a community of their means of communication? Owen, the prodigal son, returns to his rural, Irish-speaking community Donegal from Dublin. With him are two British army officers. Their ambition is to create a map of the area, replacing the Gaelic names with English. A rural hedge-school, where classes are conducted in Irish, is also to be replaced by a national education system in which English is the official language. It is an administrative act with radical consequences.

Brian Friel’s modern classic, set in 1883 in the fictional Baile Beag/Ballybeg is a powerful account of nationhood, which sees the turbulent relationship between England and Ireland play out in one quiet community. Friel brilliantly explores the idea that communication is not about language. It is about understanding what makes us different from each other.

This amateur production of “Translations” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

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