Brian Friel, Leading Irish Playwright, Is Dead at 86
Brian Friel, the Irish playwright who was for decades a leading voice on stages on both sides of the Atlantic, died Oct. 2 in Greencastle, County Donegal, Ireland. He was 86.
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