Fathers and Sons (play)

Fathers and Sons is a 1987 play by the Irish playwright Brian Friel, adapting the 1862 novel of the same name by Ivan Turgenev. It premiered at the Royal National Theatre on 26 June 1987.^[1] It was revived at the Donmar Warehouse from 5 June to 26 July 2014.^[2]

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Works by Brian Friel

Plays	A Doubtful Paradise (unpublished, 1960) The Enemy Within (1962) The Blind Mice (unpublished, 1963) Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1964) The Loves of Cass McGuire (1966) Lovers: Winners and Losers (1967) Crystal and Fox (1968) The Mundy Scheme (1969) The Gentle Island (1971) The Freedom of the City (1973) Volunteers (1975) Living Quarters (1977) Faith Healer (1979) Aristocrats (1979) Translations (1980) American Welcome (7-minute one-act play, 1981) The Communication Cord (1982) Making History (1988) Dancing at Lughnasa (1990) Wonderful Tennessee (1993) Molly Sweeney (1994) Give Me Your Answer, Do! (1997) Afterplay (one-act play, 2002) Performances (70-minute one-act play, 2003) The Home Place (2005)

Radio plays	A Sort of Freedom (unpublished, 1958) To This Hard House (unpublished, 1958)

Television plays	The Founder Members (unpublished, 1964) Three Fathers, Three Sons (unpublished, 1964) Farewell to Ardstraw (unpublished BBC TV play, 1976) The Next Parish (unpublished BBC TV play, 1976)

Adaptations	Three Sisters (Anton Chekhov translation, 1981) Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev adaptation, 1987) The London Vertigo (Charles Macklin adaptation, 1991) A Month in the Country (Turgenev adaptation, 1992) Uncle Vanya (Chekhov adaptation, 1998) The Yalta Game (one-act Chekhov adaptation, 2001) The Bear (one-act Chekhov adaptation, 2002) Hedda Gabler (Henrick Ibsen adaptation, 2008)

Related articles	Ballybeg Brian Friel Theatre Field Day Theatre Company Saoi