by Brian Friel · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571154777
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«Making History» is Brian Friel's historical play, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (80 pages, in English).
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, leads an Irish and Spanish alliance against the armies of Elizabeth I. The action takes place before and after the Battle of Kinsale, where the alliance is defeated, with O'Neill in Dungannon and then exiled in Rome. Friel dispenses with the conventions of historical drama and focuses on how history is constructed.
Originally published in 1989 by Faber & Faber; the cover places it in the publisher's PLAYS series.
This play is frequently used in courses on literature, theatre and Irish history.
Brian Patrick Friel was an Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company. He had been considered one of the greatest living English-language dramatists. He has been likened to an "Irish Chekhov" and described as "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.
