Aristocrats

Aristocrats

Aristocrats

Aristocrats

Overview

The O'Donnell family, once the aristocracy of their Irish village, are in reduced circumstances. They have gathered at the crumbling family manse for a wedding. As the patriarch lies dying in his upstairs bedroom, the grown up children sort out the truth about the family's past, present and future and the reality that the O'Donnell clan of Ballybeg has come to the end of its line.

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Authors

Brian Friel

Brian Friel (1929-2015), largely considered modern Ireland’s leading playwright, was born to a schoolmaster and a postmistress. After working as a teacher in Derry for ten years, he married Anne Morrison and moved to Donegal to begin writing in earnest. His first significant ...

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