SOURCE: "Brian Friel: The Double Stage," in Celtic Revivals: Essays in Modern Irish Literature, 1880-1980, Faber and Faber, 1985, pp. 166-73.
In the essay below, Deane explores the functions of the "secret stories" that lie at the center of many of Friel's plays.
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