Making History (play)

Making History is a play written by Irish playwright Brian Friel in 1989. It is set in Ireland in August 1591 and focuses on the real-life plight of Aodh Mór Ó Néill, Earl of Tyrone, who led an Irish and Spanish alliance against the English in an attempt to drive them out of Ireland. The play is set before and after the Battle of Kinsale. The battle does not directly feature in the play, although it is central to the plot.The other main theme is O'Neill's unexpected third marriage to the much younger, English-born Mabel Bagenal, daughter and sister of his most implacable enemies, which the play presents as a genuine though ill-fated love marriage.^[1]

Characters

• Aodh Mór Ó Néill
• Aodh Rua Ó Domhnaill
• Harry Hoveden
• Peter Lombard
• Mabel Bagenal
• Mary Bagenal

References

1. ^ Peacock, Alan J. The Achievement of Brian Friel Rowman and Littlefield 1993

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