Philadelphia here I come :
Madge: Housekeeper for SB, mother to the household. Hasn't married. Became bound by convention that she must do her duty as a housekeeper to the family.
Issues of the play:
Madge: Housekeeper for SB, mother to the household. Hasn't married. Became bound by convention that she must do her duty as a housekeeper to the family.
Issues of the play:
- Is Brian Friel attacking the stagnant feeling that is endemic in Ballybeg?
- Is there a lack of communication between father and son?
- Do you think the women have suffered also?
- Is this an issue confined to the 60's?
- Is our culture propelling these issues in 2017?
- Are they universal issues?