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I encountered Captain Lancey of the Roya...

Hugh Mor O'Donnell

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Brian Friel

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Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 1
Time & Place
Baile Beag, County Donegal, Ireland, 1833
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)

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I encountered Captain Lancey of the Royal Engineers who is engaged in the ordinance survey of this area. He tells me that in the past few days two of his horses have strayed and some of his equipment seems to be mislaid. I expressed my regret and suggested he address you himself on these matters.
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I explained that a few of us did, on occasion – outside the parish of course – and then usually for the purposes of commerce, a use to which his tongue seemed particularly suited – (shouts) and a slice of soda bread – and I went on to propose that our own culture and the classical tongues made a happier conjugation.

Brial Friel. Translations. Faber & Faber, 1981. pp.24-25

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