TRANSLATIONS at HSU

It is a time of transition, when rural Ireland is being dragged into the modern world of British dominance. The potato blight is beginning that will soon cause a famine, leading to mass emigration to America.

“The play is about the absorption of one culture into another,” said author Brian Friel. It includes a crime, a manhunt and a central love story between star-crossed lovers, one of whom wants to seek her fortune in America.

It has been called Friel’s masterpiece, for its drama, intelligence, humor and emotion.