SOURCE: "Schizophrenia and the Politics of Experience in Three Plays by Brian Friel," in Modern Drama, Vol. XXXIX, No. 3, Fall, 1996, pp. 465-74.
In the following essay, Hawkins analyzes the "familial/ communal interactions" that produce a schizoid condition, which is found in both the characters and communities in Philadelphia, Here I Come!, The Freedom of the City, and Translations.
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