Episode 2
A visit from Gar鈥檚 old teacher, Master Boyle, causes him to reconsider his reasons for emigrating.
As part of the 麻豆社鈥檚 effort to provide educational support in lockdown, we bring you G.C.S.E. English Literature text 鈥楶hiladelphia, Here I Come!鈥� by Brian Friel. Adapted for radio by the author and originally broadcast in 1984, here abridged in three parts for 麻豆社 Radio Ulster.
Fed up with the dreary round of life in Ballybeg, with his uncommunicative father and the humiliating job in his father's grocery shop, with his frustrated love for Kathy Doogan who married a richer, more successful young man and with the total absence of prospect and opportunity in his life at home, Gareth O'Donnell has accepted his aunt's invitation to come to Philadelphia. Now, on the eve of his departure, he is not happy to be leaving Ballybeg.
The Author
Born in County Tyrone, Brian Friel was a dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company. A prolific writer, who produced more than 30 plays in a career spanning six decades, his best-known works include Faith Healer, Translations and Dancing at Lughnasa.
Public and Private 鈥�.. Michael McKnight
S.B. O鈥橠onnell 鈥�.. James Berwick
Madge 鈥�..Pauline Delaney
Kate Doogan 鈥�.. Fiona Victory
Master Boyle 鈥�.. Alan MacNaughtan
Senator Doogan 鈥�.. Alan Barry
Lizzy 鈥�.. Patricia Leventon
Canon O鈥橞yrne 鈥�.. Harry Webster
Tom 鈥�.. Colum Convey
Ned 鈥�.. Tom McCabe
Joe 鈥�.. Mike McCabe
Con Sweeney 鈥�.. Arnold Diamond
Writer ..... Brian Friel
Director 鈥�.. Martin Williamson
