Brendan Behan’s Borstal Boy

Gaiety Theatre, Verdant Productions, 11 Sept.–25 Oct. 2014 By Donal Fallon In June 1959 the Irish Times noted that, with the success of The Hostage and his book Borstal Boy, the name of Brendan Behan ‘has become almost as well-known through theatrically-minded Europe as those of Shaw and Wilde’. Certainly, the Dubliner captivated crowds, both ... Read more

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