SOURCE: "The Disintegration of Authority: A Study of the Fathers in Five Plays of Brian Friel," in Colby Library Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3, September 1988, pp. 162-72.
In the following essay, Throne studies the features of the fathers in Friel's plays, drawing conclusions about the social and political implications of the characters.
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