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Name: Dancing at Lughnasa
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Brian Friel

In the Healy’s house just outside the village of Ballybeg, County Donegal, the Mundy sisters—spanning ages from twenty‑six to forty—struggle to make ends meet during the 1936 harvest season. The household is shared with brother Jack, a missionary priest repatriated from Africa after twenty‑five years, and the youngest sister’s seven‑year‑old son. Over two days, Friel paints a vivid portrait of their domestic routines, the tensions between Christianity and pagan traditions, and the broader landscape that surrounds them. The play examines social conditions and the role of women in rural Irish life, weaving the personal with the communal within the context of an Irish dramatic tradition.

First publish date: 1990

Genre: Drama & Plays/Drama

Authors: Brian Friel

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