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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Behan, Brendan Francis 1923-1964. Irish writer whose early association with the Irish Republican Army and experiences in prison influenced his works, including the play The Quare Fellow (1954) and the autobiographical Borstal Boy (1958).
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“The subsequent English language version of The Hostage (1958), again much influenced by Joan Littlewood during a troubled collaboration with Behan, is a bawdy, slapstick play that inter alia adds a number of flamboyant gay characters, and bears only a limited resemblance to the original Gaelic version.”
brendan behan | never at a loss for words « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
“* Behan is also mentioned in the song “All Things considered” by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.”
brendan behan | never at a loss for words « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
“* Behan is also mentioned in the Pogues song “Thousands are Sailing” (written by Philip Chevron) with reference to the experience of Irish immigrants in New York.”
brendan behan | never at a loss for words « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
“The name Behan is said to mean bee-keeper, but the good thing about Brendan Behan was that he didn't keep them in his bonnet.”
“* Brendan Behan is also mentioned in the Damien Dempsey song Jar Song.”
brendan behan | never at a loss for words « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
“* In Dexys Midnight Runners’ first single, “Dance Stance” (a/k/a “Burn It Down”), a top 40 hit in the UK, Behan is named among other Irish writers in the song’s chorus.”
brendan behan | never at a loss for words « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
“An homage to the famous playwright/IRA member/severe alcoholic from whom the bar derives its name, the Behan is a hole in the wall that's worth visiting.”
“It would be located in a quarry known as Behan's Quarry, some 3km (2 miles) from Rathcoole, west Dublin.”
“Ike Clanton succeeded in obtaining murder warrants, and there was a monthlong preliminary hearing in which Sheriff Behan testified for the prosecution.”
“Wyatt desperately wanted Behan's job — and its lucrative tax-collecting duties — and saw a crackdown on the lawless cowboys as a way to achieve that goal, Guinn says.”
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