 |  | | | Glasgow novelist George Friel | There are 7 messages in this section. |
Aoife Kernan from Dublin. Posted 19 Dec 2002.
I am a PhD student at Trinity College, Dublin and am currently researching the
work of the Glasgow novelist George Friel at the Centre for Irish-Scottish
Studies at Trinity. I know that one of Friel's novels was made into either a
film / series entitled "the boy who wanted peace." (This is the title of the
nove - I am not 100% certain that it was the title of the drama production
although I have not read otherwise.) I would be really very grateful if you
could point me in the right direction to gaining access to a copy / archived
copy of this production. It would be invaluable to my research. | | |
|  | Jim Dam from Vermont, USA. Posted 10 Feb 2003.
I'm afraid I can't help you with your question (and I'm assuming it would be too late anyway), but I have a question I am hoping you can help me with. I just read a story by Friel called "I'm Leaving You." I would like to know when the story was written. Do you know, or can you give me an estimate? I would greatly appreciate it. Also, if you have read the story, I would be interested in any comments you can give me on it, or if you could direct me to anything criticism of it. I am a high school English teacher in South Burlington, Vermont (USA). Thank you. Jim
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| | Laurance Ruddick from Cairo. Posted 10 Apr 2003.
I was the name role in the BBC Production of Friel's The Boy Who Wanted Peace. It was directed by Pharic McLaren who was then Head of Drama and also Starred Roddy McMillan, and Jonathan Watson who now performs in BBC Scotland comedy shows. It was 75 minutes long and the whole thing was shot on colour film due to the Glasgow studios being converted to colour at that time. Unfortunately, the powers that be destroyed a lot of the archives so I'm not sure if a copy still exists or not. I could try and find out.
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| | Aoife Kernan from Dublin. Posted 4 Jul 2003.
Great to hear from you Mr. Ruddick. I have managed to trace a copy of the film, but would love to hear your views on Percy's character. Currently working on The Boy Who Wanted Peace - It would be great to hear from you again.
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| | Laurance Ruddick from Egypt. Posted 5 Sep 2003.
Dear Aoife Kernan,
So you've managed to get hold of a copy of the film. How amazing! I thought it had been destroyed with many other tapes in the 60's. Needless to say, I'd be really curious to see it again after all this time.
I was only 15 years old or so when I was cast as Percy and it'll take some time to reawaken my experience of playing the role. Anyway, if you want to continue this discussion at length, my e-mail is - lruddick@aucegypt.edu.
Look forward to hearing from you.
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| | karen mitchell from Inverness. Posted 23 Mar 2004.
For Jim Dam:
I have this story in a collection 'The Oxford Book of Short Stories' ed. Douglas Dunn and the Acknowledgement is from 'A Friend of Humanity' (Polygon 1992)
He died in 1975 so I don't know when it would have been written but that source might date it
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| | Jess from Scotland. Posted 15 Mar 2005.
I am 14 and have recently studied "I'm Leaving You" at school. I personally liked the inclusion of the theme of marriage and of the roles of a husband and wife. I also liked the unbiased way in which the text was written and how it was very much up to the reader to decide which character they prefered. The way in which the first five paragraphs were written (only referring to the couple as 'he' and 'she') was very effective as it helped to portray them as a certain type of person rather than an individual man or woman with their own personality. When the author begins to refer to them as Jean and Jack we start to see their personalities unfold.
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