Remembering "No Irish Need Apply" in 19th Century for 2023 on VHS tape..
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On Brian Friel and me.
Daniel P Quinn | New Jersey 12/11/23
While I have not seen the premiere or this important revival, TRANSLATIONS reverberates through me with the loss of my Italian language heritage and the Irish as well, I learned a few consenential Irish words at the Irish Arts Center and my Italian as well in night school.
TRANSLATIONS moves across time to us and our ancestors as well. Bwfore I worked at the Irish Arts Center, Brian Friel had given a set of plates to the IAC which were in poor condition by 1990.
When I worked there, I washed them and put them back on the shelf, where they had been ignored for years. That was a translation to honor Friel when no one else did.
danielpquinn | Newark, NJ 9/20/20
Lovely review for FAITH HEALER by Brian Friel. I have very fond memories of Friel's WONDERFUL TENNESSEE on Broadway. Seemingly misunderstood by audiences, it too was haunting and beautiful. It should be seen again in NYC as well as FAITH HEALER. Wonderful Tennessee would be welcome in Memphis too.
Remember "No Irish Need Apply" legacy of Know Nothing Party against Catholic's and immigrants (1840-1865). Maguire's play premiered in 1877 but not in Johnstown, PA as the play says.
When I found a tattered copy in the NYPublic Library I decided to revive it 120 years later. Now it is part of our Emigration: Then + Now Series for 2021-22.
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Irish-Americans and Ireland:
Irish Institute Award
winning production of
John Maguire's (1877)
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY
or True to the Core
We produced Maguire's play focuses on the
"No Irish Need Apply"
period following the Civil War Draft Riots in NYC.
Our production is archived in
Theatre on Film Collection at Lincoln Center,
and the Museum of the City of NY.
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