Field Day Theatre Company

The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre | 1996 | 574 words | Copyright

Field Day Theatre Company, Irish company founded in 1980 by Brian Friel and the actor Stephen Rea, the only major touring company in Ireland. Based in Derry, it is funded by both north and south and operates throughout Ireland, aiming to promote Irish writing through theatre, poetry, and literary publications. The first of its annual productions, Friel's Translations, was followed by other plays by Irish authors, including several more by Friel, and adaptations of Sophocles and Molière. The company also publishes pamphlets and an anthology of Irish literature.

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