“Remarkable . . . Takes us close to the heart of Chekov.” —Michael Billington, The Guardian
“Brian Friel has come up with an idea more marvellous yet; a world where a character from one Chekhov play meets a character from another, a real Moscow in the 1920s where the three sisters' brother, Andrei, meets Uncle Vanya's niece, Sonya. Afterplay is the finest production I have seen this year. . . . To say that I long to see these productions again is rank understatement.” —Alastair Macaulay, Financial Times
“Friel's [The Bear] is superbly funny, vivid, keenly alert to Chekhov's modern sensitivities to gender issues. . . . [Afterplay is] is finest production I have seen this year.” —Alastair Macaulay, Financial Times
“As an autumnal, middle-aged idyll, [Afterplay] is a little gem in Friel's output--a short story in 3-D--a total delight.” —Michael Coveney, Daily Mail
“[Friel is] a mighty man, a mighty writer, and one of the world's great theater figures.” —Frank McGuinness