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The central character of this play is Hugh O''Neill, Earl of Tyrone, who led an Irish and Spanish alliance against the armies of Elizabeth I in an attempt to drive the English out of Ireland. The action takes place before and after the Battle of Kinsale, at which the alliance was defeated: with O''Neill at home in Dungannon, as a fugitive in the mountains, and finally exiled in Rome. In his handling of this momentous episode Brian Friel has avoided the conventions of ''historical drama'' to produce a play about history, the continuing process.

Making History

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 9 January 1989
      ISBN-13 9780571154777
      978-0571154777
      ISBN-10 0571154778
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      Book Synopsis
      The central character of this play is Hugh O''Neill, Earl of Tyrone, who led an Irish and Spanish alliance against the armies of Elizabeth I in an attempt to drive the English out of Ireland. The action takes place before and after the Battle of Kinsale, at which the alliance was defeated: with O''Neill at home in Dungannon, as a fugitive in the mountains, and finally exiled in Rome. In his handling of this momentous episode Brian Friel has avoided the conventions of ''historical drama'' to produce a play about history, the continuing process.

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