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Brian Friel’s foreword from the Translations programme
The opening of a new theatre is an occasion rich with joy and opulent with promise – not unlike the christening of a baby.
I’m sure An Grianán will provide many with joy and grow into a sturdy and important centre where the North West will hear stories about themselves and look at versions of themselves and derive some familial pride from the experience.
I am pleased that Translations is the first play being done at An Grianán. Although the ambition of the play reaches beyond the geography of Donegal, it is rooted in Donegal and the people of Donegal. And I hope that the people of the North West who see the play will travel with it beyond the topography of our own area but that they will also find some recognition and parental satisfaction in looking at and listening to versions to themselves.
Brian Friel, November 1999
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