DANCING AT LUGHNASA by Brian Friel
A good dramatist defines a theme, shapes a story to illumine it and moves clearly and logically toward an emotionally satisfying conclusion. A great dramatist can make quicksilver leaps from theme to theme, fragment a story into seemingly disparate shards and play games with character and chronology, yet achieve a conclusion that is even more emotionally satisfying because of the sense of surprise and revelation in how it all comes together. For more than three decades, in such works as Aristocrats and Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Ireland's Brian Friel has been a good dramatist. In...
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