"Defensive Flippancy": Play, Disorientation, and Moral Action in Brian Friel's The Freedom of the City
When Brian Friel’s play The Freedom of the City premiered in 1973, just a year after the events of Bloody Sunday, it was met with harsh criticism and called a work of propaganda. In the play, three peaceful protestors flee a civil rights demonstration turned violent and end up trapped inside the Gui...
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BYU ScholarsArchive
2020
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| Online Access: | https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8440 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=9440&context=etd |