Aristocrats
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 25, 2009
Closed Mar 29, 2009
Opened Jan 25, 2009
Closed Mar 29, 2009
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Running Time:
2hr. 25min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 25min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The Irish Repertory Theatre presents Brian Friel's Aristocrats, a touching story of a once powerful and aristocratic family in its days of decline. In the author's most Chekovian play, he examines the Ballybeg "Big House" both in its remembered Heyday and in the era of a heartbreaking social change. Dark memories invade the family gathered for the wedding of the youngest sister as the family tries to escape the seriousness of their situation and the difficult life that awaits each of them as they follow separate paths. Glorious Chopin melodies accompany the memories of the past and the realities of the present as the language flirts with lyricism and skepticism that Friel balances with his particular genius.
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Due to its unimaginative direction and uneven performances, The Irish Repertory Theatre's revival of Brian Friel's rich, layered Chekhovian drama Aristocrats is rarely up to the task of the material.
First seen here in 1989, the play is set in the mid-1970s at Ballybeg Hall, the O'Donnell family's decaying Donegal mansion that we're told once welcomed the likes of Yeats and O'Casey. Using the device of a visiting American professor (Rufus Collins) who is studying "the upper strata of Roman Catholic society in rural Ireland" -- the transparency of which is the play's only serious disappointment -- Friel observes the family on the occasion of a weekend that begins with preparations for the [...]