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Theater
Spillane, M. | January 27, 1992 issue

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This article presents information on the play "Dancing at Lughnasa," by Brian Friel. In "Dancing at Lughnasa," now on stage at the Plymouth Theatre, it is Maggie Mundy, the hearty, adoring aunt of 7-year-old Michael, who poses an almost identical riddle. She tosses the child numerous other puzzles and brain-twisters as she feeds the chickens or makes the bread, never missing an opportunity to make him smarter. In the play, dance emerges as a force both seductive and terrifying, and with as rich a multiplicity of forms and meanings as language itself.

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DANCING at Lughnasa (Theatrical production); FRIEL, Brian; THEATER; PERFORMING arts; AMUSEMENTS; DANCE; CULTURE
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