Donmar Warehouse, LondonExile and emigration are constant themes of Irish drama. But Brian Friel's 1964 play, beautifully directed by Lyndsey Turner, lends fresh life to a stock situation in two ways: by giving voice to the hero's alter ego, and by focusing on the power of unarticulated feeling. This, as Friel himself once said, is as much a play about love as emigration.Friel's big trick is to show the two sides of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AM on August 1, 2012