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Philadelphia, here I come!

Philadelphia, here I come! Softcover - 1965

by Friel, Brian (1929-2015)

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London: Faber & Faber, 1965. 1st edition. Softcover. Includes previous owner's notes. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 110 pages; 20 cm. Subjects: Play 1961-1970. Plays 20th century Ireland. Irish drama. Irish drama 20th century. Irish Collection. Roman anglophone. Donegal (Ireland : County); Drama. Genre: Comedies. Drama.
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  • Title Philadelphia, here I come!
  • Author Friel, Brian (1929-2015)
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition 1st edition
  • Pages 112
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher London: Faber & Faber, London
  • Date 1965
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 313508
  • ISBN 9780571085866 / 0571085865
  • Weight 0.23 lbs (0.10 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.95 x 4.91 x 0.34 in (20.19 x 12.47 x 0.86 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 66035156
  • Dewey Decimal Code 822.914

From the rear cover

Fed up with the dreary round of life in Ballybeg, with his uncommunicative father and his humiliating job in his father's grocery shop, with his frustrated love for Kathy Doogan who married a richer, more successful young man and with the total absence of prospect and opportunity in his life at home, Gareth O'Donnell has accepted his aunt's invitation to come to Philadelphia. Now, on the eve of his departure, he is not happy to be leaving Ballybeg. With this play Brian Friel made his reputation and it is now an acknowledged classic of modern drama.

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About the author

Brian Friel was born in Omagh, County Tyrone (Northern Ireland) in 1929. He received his college education in Derry, Maynooth and Belfast and taught at various schools in and around Derry from 1950 to 1960. He is the author of many plays that have taken their place in the canon of Irish Literature, including Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1964), Lovers (1967), Translations (1980), The Communication Cord (1982), and Dancing at Lughnasa (1990). In 1980 he founded the touring theatre company, Field Day, with Stephen Rea.