"The Home Place is full of echoes of history at full gallop, of Friel's own great plays Translations and Aristocrats, and of Chekov, in particular The Cherry Orchard. This gives it a richness, but it also makes it seem ghost-like, elegiac and nostalgic." - The Guardian
"Friel gives us scene after extraordinary scene, some of the most unsettling of his career, that look innocuous on the surface until you grasp the sheer enormity of what you're seeing." - Irish Central
"With a bright, homely earthiness, this play is at once insightful, subtle and moving." - CurtainUp
"Mr. Friel has such a wonderful gift for letting a story unravel slowly through conversation and character. He wants us to understand what home means - the land, the soil where we feel most ourselves, most at home. Everything in this absolutely stunning play ties into that need." - New York Theatre Guide
"The Home Place is nevertheless an important play that digs deep into the blight of the soul that scurries within oppressive power." - Stage Buddy