BRENDAN BEHAN (1923 - 1964)
| Nationality: | Irish |
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Plays by Brendan Behan
Big House, The |
| 1st Produced: | Dublin | 1958 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Complete Plays", Eyre Methuen, London, 1978 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | broadcast 1957 | |||||
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Borstal Boy |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN | - | |||
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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. | |||||
Garden Party, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "The Complete Plays", Eyre Methuen, London, 1978 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
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Hostage, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1958 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play with Music | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | aka An Gaill (Dublin, 1958), Written in collaboration with Joan Littlewood | |||||
| Synopsis: | a young Cockney soldier is taken hostage for an IRA man who is due to be hanged in Belfast | |||||
Moving Out |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "The Complete Plays", Eyre Methuen, London, 1978 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
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New House, The |
| 1st Produced: | Dublin | 1958 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Best Short Plays of the World Theatre 1958-1967", Crown, New York, 1974 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | includes radio plays Moving Out and A Garden Party | |||||
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Quare Fellow, The |
| 1st Produced: | Dublin | 1954 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN | - | ||||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 22 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Discussions in an English prison before "The Quare Fellow" is due to be hanged | |||||
Richard's Cork Leg |
| 1st Produced: | Dublin | 1972 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London, 1973 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Irish Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||||
| Notes: | completed by Alan Simpson | |||||
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Time For A Gargle |
| 1st Produced: | Leicester | 1973 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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