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Wonderful Tennessee

  • Brian Friel
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Present Day
  • 3M, 3F
  • ISBN: 9780573694585

"This mythic journey into a world of ambiguous ritual, classical references and commonplace miseries has something of the magical, yes, almost wordless resonance of a Yeats poem."

The New York Post

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Exterior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre
This haunting play by one of the foremost modern writers finds three couples on a deserted pier in Ballybeg, Ireland. There to celebrate Terry's birthday, they are waiting for a boat that will take them to a mystical island, rumored to be the site of sacrificial rituals, which he claims to have bought. The boat fails to arrive and drunken hilarity gives way to reflection as the couples play games, tell stories and sing songs to pass the time.
REVIEWS:

"This mythic journey into a world of ambiguous ritual, classical references and commonplace miseries has something of the magical, yes, almost wordless resonance of a Yeats poem."

 The New York Post

"Friel's plays overflow with emotion...What separates Wonderful Tennessee...is Friel's attention to the unexpected, hidden corners of...relationships...Poetry rises from his words like fog from the set."

 The Los Angeles Times

"Wonderful Tennessee arrives where...Lughnasa was only headed. Tennessee is a richer, deeper, more textured work...And the whole, a deft amalgam of moods from sunny revelry to pre dawn cross examinations of the soul, is splendid."

 San Diego Reader

"Beautifully written."

 Variety

Premiere Production: Wonderful Tennessee was first performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, on June 30, 1993 and was directed by Patrick Mason.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 3F
  • Casting Notes: All the characters are in their late thirties/early forties. Terry is Trish's brother. Angela and Berna are sisters.

  • TERRY
    BERNA
    GEORGE
    TRISH
    FRANK
    ANGELA

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    This haunting play by one of the foremost modern writers finds three couples on a deserted pier in Ballybeg, Ireland. There to celebrate Terry's birthday, they are waiting for a boat that will take them to a mystical island, rumored to be the site of sacrificial rituals, which he claims to have bought. The boat fails to arrive and drunken hilarity gives way to reflection as the couples play games, tell stories and sing songs to pass the time.

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