Brian Friel
| Date of Birth: | 9 January 1929 |
Brian Friel, (born Jan. 9, 1929, near Omagh, County Tyrone, N.Ireland), is a playwright noted for his portrayals of social and political life in both Ireland and Northern Ireland. Educated at St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth (B.A.1948), and St. Joseph’s Training College, Belfast (1949–50), he worked as a teacher in Londonderry (Derry) for 10 years. After The New Yorker began regular publication of his stories, he turned to writing full time in 1960, issuing short stories and radio and stage plays. After a six-month tutelage at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minn., U.S., in 1963, he wrote his first dramatic success, Philadelphia, Here I Come! Source: Commons
