Philadelphia, Here I Come review: Friel's masterpiece still has resonance today 

Alex Murphy provides excellent comic timing in the entertaining production at Cork Opera House

Alex Murphy (Gar Private) and Shane O'Regan (Gar Public), in Philadelphia Here I Come! at Cork Opera House. Picture: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

★★★★☆

Hailed as a masterpiece when it was first staged in 1964, Brian Friel’s Philadelphia, Here I Come! is a classic of Irish theatre and a well-judged choice for Cork Opera House’s post-lockdown reawakening, providing a welcome reminder of the playwright’s genius for divining the magic in ordinary life and language.