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   The play is set in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. The anti-hero of the play, The Quare Fellow, is never seen or heard; he functions as the play's central conceit. He is a man condemned to die on the following day, for killing his brother. It revolts his fellow inmates far less than that of The Other Fellow, a very camp, almost Wildean, homosexual man ...

   • Author: Brendan Behan

   • Publish Year: 1954

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3. www.irishtimes.com › culture › stageThe Quare Fellow review: Hugely enjoyable romp packs sombre ...

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   Nov 29, 2023 · The Quare Fellow is very much rooted in its time. Deeply concerned with the mechanics and hypocrisies of the death penalty, the piece is a mine of gruesome trivia. Last letters to loved ones are ...

4. www.britannica.com › topic › The-Quare-FellowThe Quare Fellow | play by Behan | Britannica

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   The Quare Fellow, play in three acts by Brendan Behan, performed in 1954 and published in 1956. A tragicomedy concerning the reactions of jailers and prisoners to the imminent hanging of a condemned man (the “Quare Fellow”), the play is an explosive statement on capital punishment and prison life.

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5. www.ft.com › content › 2c722e5c-ce48-4eeb-a7c8-0e117The Quare Fellow, Abbey Theatre review — gender-swapped ...

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   Nov 29, 2023 · The Quare Fellow popularised “The Auld Triangle”, which is repeatedly sung in Brendan Behan’s 1954 play set around an execution in a Dublin prison. The bittersweet ballad includes the lyrics ...

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6. whyreadplays.com › 2020/11/29 › the-quare-fellowThe Quare Fellow - Why Read Plays

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   Nov 29, 2020 · The Quare Fellow is a comedy-drama by Brendan Behan. The play is set in a Dublin prison, and the focus of the work is the planned execution of an inmate called the Quare Fellow. The list of characters for this work is quite extensive but may conveniently be divided into prisoners, prison officials, warders, a few clerics, and the English ...

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   Nov 25, 2023 · The Quare Fellow, Brendan Behan’s 1954 play, is in many ways distinctly of its time, set in a midcentury Ireland where capital punishment was legal and homosexuality was not. Now, 100 years ...

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   Where is Quare Fellow set?

   • The play is set in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. The anti-hero of the play, The Quare Fellow, is never seen or heard; he functions as the play's central conceit. He is a man condemned to die on the following day, for killing his brother. It revolts his fellow inmates far less than that of The Other Fellow, a very camp, almost Wildean, homosexual man.

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   When was The Quare Fellow written?

   • The Quare Fellow, play in three acts by Brendan Behan, performed in 1954 and published in 1956. A tragicomedy concerning the reactions of jailers and prisoners to the imminent hanging of a condemned man (the “Quare Fellow”), the play is an explosive statement on capital punishment and prison life.

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   What is the Quare Fellow?

   • The Quare Fellow opened at the small Pike Theatre, Dublin, in 1954 and was an instant success. A tragicomedy concerning the reactions of jailors and prisoners to the hanging of a condemned man (the “quare fellow”), it presents an explosive statement on capital punishment.

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   Is the Quare Fellow a women's prison?

   • Tom Creed has elected to cast Brendan Behan’s The Quare Fellow, a prison comedy inclined towards uneasy death, entirely with female and nonbinary actors. Pronouns have not been altered. A women’s prison is still elsewhere in this universe.

   The Quare Fellow review: Hugely enjoyable romp packs sombre reflection

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   Why was The Quare Fellow controversial?

   • The Quare Fellow was associated with controversy in its early years, although not necessarily because of the play itself. During its run in 1956 at the Theatre Royal in Stratford East, the pioneering British producer Joan Littlewood’s London venue, Behan did a drunken interview with Malcolm Muggeridge on the television programme Panorama.

   ‘I think the Abbey knew I might do something a little bit queer with

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   Where was The Quare Fellow first performed?

   • The Quare Fellow was first performed at the Pike Theatre in Dublin, under the direction of Alan Simpson. The Abbey produced a version two years later – but the last time it appeared at the national theatre was in 1984 (just six years before capital punishment was fully abolished in Ireland).

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   The play is set in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. The anti-hero of the play, The Quare Fellow, is never seen or heard; he functions as the play's central conceit. He is a man condemned to die on the following day, for killing his brother. It revolts his fellow inmates far less than that of The Other Fellow, a very camp, almost Wildean, homosexual man.