A Discussion on RTE Radio about Brian Friel's Philadelphia Here I Come! , A promo for the Play, and A NYT 2005 Theater Review of the Play

Listen to the first half of this audio discussion to help you gain a sense of some of the themes surrounding the play including its time and place.

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2007/0102/theeleventhhour.html

Tonight's show is a repeat of our special programme from last October about the work of playwright Brian Friel and 'The Cambridge Companion to Brian Friel', the first ever Cambridge Companion to honour a living Irish author. The panel for the programme was: Playwright Thomas Kilroy; Anthony Roche of University College Dublin, Editor of 'The Cambridge Companion to Brian Friel'; Nicholas Grene, Professor of English at Trinity College Dublin; and Patrick Burke of Dublin City University.

A promo for a Irish Theater company's forthcoming production of Philadelphia Here I Come!. Featured is Marty Rea as Gar Private and Sean Stewart as Gar Public. The production will be directed by Alan Stanford.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xHmJzInP3Q

New York Times Review of an Irish Repertory Theater Production of Friel's Philadelphia in 2005
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2005/07/22/theater/reviews/22ishe.html

Super Ego and the Id (Gar Public and Private)

Here are the brief psychological definitions of what Friel is representing in the duality of dialogue in Gar O' Donnell

http://psychology.about.com/od/sindex/g/def_superego.htm
Brief description of the super-ego from about.com
http://psychology.about.com/od/iindex/g/def_id.htm
Brief description of the id from about.com