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BRENDAN BEHAN (1923 - 1964) |
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Nationality: Irish Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Brendan Behan was born in Dublin in 1923. Behan left school at fourteen but spent two two years in Borstal and a further four (1942-46) in prison for political activities. Out of these experiences came his autobiography, Borstal Boy (1958), and his first stage play, The Quare Fellow (1954). His first radio plays were broadcast in Ireland in 1952 and he was writing a column for the Irish Press in 1954; but it was with the enormous success of Joan Littlewood's London productions of The Quare Fellow (1956) and The Hostage(in 1958), combined with Behan's much publicised drinking bouts, that he achieved international fame. A third play, Richard's Cork Leg, was left almost complete at his death in 1964 and was edited and directed by Alan Simpson for the 1972 Dublin Theatre Festival.
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Plays by Brendan Behan
Big House, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin | 1958 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "The Complete Plays", Eyre Methuen, London, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413387806 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2607 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | broadcast 1957 | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Borstal Boy | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2608 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 19 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 20 extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A couple of the boys get called pouf - but this might just be banter. Tubby though enjoys watching the boys shower. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Garden Party, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Complete Plays", Eyre Methuen, London, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413387806 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2609 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy one act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hostage, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Royal - Stratford East, Gerry Raffles Square, Stratford, London, E15 1BN >>> | 14 Oct 1958 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2610 | |||
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Genre: | Play with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka An Gaill (Dublin, 1958), Written in collaboration with Joan Littlewood | |||||
| a young Cockney soldier is taken hostage for an IRA man who is due to be hanged in Belfast | |||||
Further Reference: | Wearing 59.268; 59.98 | |||||
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Moving Out | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Complete Plays", Eyre Methuen, London, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413387806 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2611 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy one act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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New House, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin | 1958 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Best Short Plays of the World Theatre 1958-1967", Crown, New York, 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2612 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | includes radio plays Moving Out and A Garden Party | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Quare Fellow, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pike, Dublin | 1954 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2613 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 22 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Discussions in an English prison before "The Quare Fellow" is due to be hanged | |||||
Further Reference: | Wearing 56.97; 56.154 | |||||
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Richard's Cork Leg | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2614 | |||
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Genre: | Irish Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | completed by Alan Simpson | |||||
| The Hero and Cronin wait in a graveyard with some prostitutes. They plan to disrupt the funeral of someone killed fighting communists in the Spanish Civil War | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Time For A Gargle | ||
| 1st Produced: | Leicester | 1973 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2615 | |||
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