Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

Release Date: 2022-01-06

Overview: The playwright Brian Friel stands among the giants of Irish literature. From the 1980s onwards, he withdrew from media and public life. This film sets out to show, through family, friends, actors, directors, as well as via his own handwritten and typed letters, personal archive, and readings from some of his plays, how Brian Friel re-defined Irish theatre in the second half of the 20th century.

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Cast

Brian Friel

as Self (archive material)

Anne Friel

as Self

Sinéad Cusack

as Self

Stephen Rea

as Self

Siobhán McSweeney

as Self