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The following are the very limited findings into Internet resources on Brian Friel and Philadelphia Here I Come:

http://www.galwayadvertiser.ie/ent/260398/page1.htm
Newspaper article containing information on some of the many theatre productions of the play. Also contains some interesting insight into the theme of emigration in Philadelphia Here I Come. 

http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/Bahri/Friel.html
Biographical details on Brian Friel and brief comment on the themes within Friel's writing as a whole. Philadelphia Here I Come mentioned in passing in Awards and Achievements section. 

http://www.irishwriters-online.com/brianfriel.html
List of Brian Friel's plays and details of where each one was first staged. 

http://www.writerscentre.ie/f.html
Short biography. 

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2001/0209/hom25.htm
Newspaper article concerning Brian Friel presenting his archived works to the National Library in February 2001.

http://www.encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/AE/print.asp?&pg=8&ti=761581105&sc=0&pt=1
Encyclopaedia entry on the life of Brian Friel. 

http://www.encarta.msn.com/find/print.asp?&pg=8&ti=03ACC000&sc=15&pt=1&pn=2
Encyclopaedia entry on Irish Literature in which Brian Friel is briefly mentioned.