SOURCE: "The Failed Words of Brian Friel," in Modern Drama, Vol. XL, No. 3., Fall, 1997, pp. 359-373.
In the excerpt below, Krause claims Dancing at Lughnasa "lacks the essential and fulsome poetry and rhythm of dramatic speech" and criticizes Friel for writing a play "that is more attractive to the eye than the ear."
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