Translations " review
Crucible, SheffieldAn exemplary revival of what may be Brian Friel's greatest play makes a fine centrepiece to this season of his workBrian Friel's 1980 drama was born from twin impulses: the discovery that the playwright's great-great-grandfather taught classics to Irish peasant farmers, coupled with a close reading of George Steiner's study of the slipperiness of translation, After Babel. The resulting fusion of wi…