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Friel, Brian
Born 9 January 1929, Catholic, in Omagh, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, Brian Friel is one of Ireland's most prominent playwrights.
In addition to his published plays, he has written short stories; screenplays; film, TV and Radio adaptations of his plays; and several pieces of non-fiction on the role of theatre and the artist.
Lovers, Losers
| Year | 2005|2006 | Venue(s) | Dibble Tree Theatre|Orkney Arts Theatre|Pitlochry Festival Theatre|Webster Theatre Arbroath | Style | One Act Plays | Director(s) | Gibson, Dick|Wilson, Grant | Actors | Ruddell, Sam | Actresses | Gibson, Betty|Graham, Isabel|Smart, Marjorie | Awards | Alex Drummond Trophy|Ian McKay Trophy|Shiells Trophy | Playwright(s) | Friel, Brian |
This is the second of two short, complementary plays, Winners and Losers.
In the first play, the lovers are a young couple preparing for their final school exams and their imminent wedding. The girl is pregnant. Although they promise each other happiness, their deaths by drowning save them from a more likely destiny.
In the second play [this one], the lovers are older, but their passion, at first, is no less real. It is their marriage that brings its share of compromises and unhappiness.
