The Creative Process

Robbie Blake's blue notebook, 1

In this page from Robbie Blake’s project notebooks, Robbie adapts a phrase from Friel’s archives, ‘So the play should grow in joyousness’. Ultimately ‘The piece grows in joyousness’ became an informing mantra for Robbie’s film ‘Running the ending’.

Lámhscríbhinn Ghaolmhar

should grow in joyousness

This note towards Dancing at Lughnasa (1990) dated 30 May 1989 contains a phrase that performance-maker Robbie Blake adapted for use as a direction for their piece ‘Running the Ending’.

The Creative Process

Robbie Blake interview, extract 1

Robbie Blake talks about the origins and development of their film ‘Running the ending’.

The Creative Process

Robbie Blake's blue notebook, 2–4

In these pages from Robbie Blake’s project notebooks, Robbie reflects on their experience of visiting the manuscript reading room at the National Library of Ireland to access the Brian Friel papers with Jessie Keenan and Zosia Kuczyńska.