“In some ways I've been looking into archives without even giving it a name.”

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Mixed interview, extract 3

Zosia Kuczyńska, Jessie Keenan, and Robbie Blake talk about their experiences of accessing Friel’s archives at the National Library of Ireland and how their thinking around archives has changed over the course of the project.

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Mixed interview, extract 2

Zosia Kuczyńska, Jessie Keenan, and Robbie Blake talk about their own scholarly and artistic processes and how they intersect with Friel’s creative practice.

“Has the play its own reality?” – Brian Friel

“At least it is a starting point. And all starting points are arbitrary – and then become an essence.” – Brian Friel

“How do you archive the moving body?” – Zosia Kuczyńska

“A line on a page isn’t a solemn commitment.” – Brian Friel