First digital archive of Brian Friel’s iconic plays launches at Queen’s

Credit: Queen's University Belfast

Pictured (L-R) are: Laura Sheary, Assistant Archivist for Friel Reimagined; Frances McNally, Investment Manager at The National Lottery Heritage Fund; Dr Conor McCafferty, Friel Reimagined Project and Outreach Manager at Queen's; Anne Friel, wife of Brian Friel; Dr Paul Murphy, Senior Lecturer in Drama from the School of Arts, English and Languages and Project Lead for Friel Reimagined; and Conor Kerr, Project Archivist for Friel Reimagined.

« First digital archive of Brian Friel’s iconic plays launches at Queen’s

Credit: This image is reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland and the Brian Friel Literary Estate.

MS37,047.1.020: This page shows Friel thinking about his characters' motivations as he drafted his breakthrough play 'Philadelphia, Here I Come!' in the early 1960s. Part of the Brian Friel Digital Archive.

« First digital archive of Brian Friel’s iconic plays launches at Queen’s

Credit: This image is reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland and the Brian Friel Literary Estate.

MS37,085.1.2.014: In this draft piece of dialogue from 'Translations' (1980), Friel has a Ballybeg local interrogate one of the Royal Engineers about they are doing and why. Part of the Brian Friel Digital Archive.

« First digital archive of Brian Friel’s iconic plays launches at Queen’s

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