Translations (stage play)

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Translations is a stage play by Irish dramatist Brian Friel that explores language, identity, and cultural conflict in a rural Irish community during the 19th-century British Ordnance Survey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic work ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
actStructure three acts ⓘ
author Brian Friel ⓘ
centralLocationInPlot hedge school ⓘ
coFounderOfProducingCompany Brian Friel ⓘ
Stephen Rea ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
explores relationship between language and power ⓘ
tension between local and imperial cultures ⓘ
featuresCharacter Hugh ⓘ
Maire ⓘ
linked to: Máire

Manus ⓘ
Owen ⓘ
Yolland ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1980 ⓘ
firstPerformedAt Guildhall, Derry ⓘ
firstProducedBy Field Day Theatre Company ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
hasBeenWidelyStudiedIn Irish studies ⓘ
postcolonial studies ⓘ
theatre studies ⓘ
historicalContext Anglicization of Irish place names ⓘ
British Ordnance Survey of Ireland ⓘ
languageDepicted Irish ⓘ
mainSubject colonialism ⓘ
cultural conflict ⓘ
identity ⓘ
language ⓘ
notableRevivalLocation National Theatre, London ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
setDuring British rule in Ireland ⓘ
settingCountry Ireland ⓘ
settingLocation Baile Beag ⓘ
County Donegal ⓘ
settingTime 1830s ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
theme colonial power dynamics ⓘ
education ⓘ
loss of language ⓘ
miscommunication ⓘ
national identity ⓘ
power of naming ⓘ
romantic relationships across cultures ⓘ

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Fra Fee → notableWork → Translations (stage play) ⓘ
Fra Fee → performedIn → Translations (stage play) ⓘ