The Creative Process

Jessie Keenan notes, 7

In this extract from Jessie Keenan’s project notes, Jessie prepares for a week of rehearsals at Dance House. At this stage, Jessie is still thinking of generating material for a live performance rather than a film piece.

Lámhscríbhinn Ghaolmhar

Has the play its own reality?

In this note dated 28 May 1989, Brian Friel interrogates the reality of his own play, Dancing at Lughnasa (1990), in relation to its narrator.

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Mixed interview, extract 7

Zosia Kuczyńska, Jessie Keenan, and Robbie Blake talk about the future of the project.

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Friel's creative process

Friel scholar Zosia Kuczyńska gives an overview of some of the distinctive features of playwright Brian Friel’s creative process as revealed by his literary archives at the National Library of Ireland.

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The Creative Process

Task Sheet, 14 April 2020

These task sheets were given to all participants in a series of Zoom workshops during April 2020.