Dancing at Lughnasa

Dancing at Lughnasa (see references to Lughnasa, or Lughnasadh, the ancient pagan ritual) is a play by Brian Friel set in Ireland's County Donegal in August 1936. Set in the fictional town of Ballybeg (small town in Gaelic), it is a memory play told from the point of view of Michael, the narrator. He recounts the summer in his aunts' cottage when he was seven years old.

Production history

First produced in 1990 at the Abbey Theater in Dublin it then moved to Broadway. The most recent major production was at Dublin's Gate Theater in 2004.

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1990 - Abbey Theater - Dublin - Broadway

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It was made into a film in 1998 starring Meryl Streep as Kate and directed by Pat O'Connor.

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1998 - Meryl Streep

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