MOLLY SWEENEY
by Brian Friel

Synopsis:

In this riveting exploration of triumph and loss, master storyteller Brian Friel reveals the unexpected consequences of a modern
medical miracle. Having lost her sight at infancy, Molly agrees to an operation that could restore her fifth sense. But is it she
who benefits most—or her hopeful husband, or her ambitious doctor?

“Brian Friel’s beautiful and dazzling MOLLY SWEENEY...is one of those marvelous onion plays...As you peel away each plump and juicy layer, another layer emerges underneath, and yet another...What a marvelous play this is! See it—wander in it and wonder at it.” —NY Post

“Dispassionate eloquence and psychological honesty...Brian Friel’s writing has such vitality and warmth, such kindly accuracy of observation.” —London Sunday Times