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Sat 02 Feb 2007Making a mark with 'Translations'ArtScape:The two previous attempts to put Brian Friel's play Translations on the New York stage may have been short-lived, but Garry Hynes's current Broadway production has made it third time lucky for one of the playwright's most profound and poetic works, writes Gerry Smyth.While those previous Broadway productions, one with a starry cast including Brian Dennehy and Rufus Sewell 26 years ago, and another in 1995, were ill-fated, this treasure of 20th-century Irish drama has finally cast a spell on New York critics and audiences.