Allen & Unwin Brian Friel: Collected Plays - Volume 5 book English Paperback 320 pages

This fifth collection of Brian Friel's work contains: Uncle Vanya (after Chekhov) (1998), The Yalta Game (after Chekhov) (2001), The Bear (after Chekhov) (2002), Afterplay (after 2002), Performances (2003), The Home Place (2005), Hedda Gabler (after Ibsen) (2005).

Brian Patrick Friel (1929-2015) was an Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company. Considered one of the greatest English-language dramatists, the English-speaking world hailed him as an 'Irish Chekhov' and 'the universally accented voice of Ireland'. His plays have been compared favourably to those of contemporaries such as Samuel Beckett, Arthur Miller, Harold Pinter and Tennessee Williams.