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Script cover
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| Written by | Brian Friel |
| Characters | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone Mabel Bagenal Harry Hoveden Hugh Roe O'Donnell Mary Bagenal Peter Lombard |
| Date premiered | September 20, 1988 (1988-09-20) |
| Place premiered | Guildhall, Derry |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Irish nationalism, Nine Years' War, historiography |
| Genre | History play |
| Setting | Dungannon, Sperrin Mountains and Rome, 1590s |
Making History is a play written by Irish playwright Brian Friel in 1988, premiered at the Guildhall, Derry on 20 September 1988.[1] It focuses on the life of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, who led a combined Irish-Spanish alliance against the English during the Nine Years' War. The play is set before and after the Battle of Kinsale. The battle does not directly feature in the play, although it is central to the plot.
The play's other main theme is O'Neill's unexpected third marriage to the much younger, English-born Mabel Bagenal, daughter and sister of two of his most implacable enemies, which the play presents as a genuine though ill-fated love marriage.[2]
In its original production, O'Neill was portrayed by Stephen Rea, and Lombard by Niall Tóibín. Clare Holman and Emma Dewhurst respectively played Mabel Bagenal and her sister Mary.[3]
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