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43. Liesbeth List Zingt Brendan Behan (1970) (TV) Directed by Anton Peters. With Liesbeth List. Visit IMDb for Photos, Showtimes, Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments, Discussions, Taglines, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1106811/

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45. The Confirmation Suit A short story by brendan behan. http://www.ireland-information.com/confirmationsuit.htm

Brendan Behan was born into a working class family in Dublin in 1923. His family were very involved in the republican movement and at the age of 16 he was sent to juvenile prison (borstal), for attempting to smuggle explosives into England. His most famous works include The Hostage Borstal Boy and After the Wake . Diabetes and the effects of years of alcohol abuse contributed to his death in 1963. Click on any of the links below to find out about discount prices of Brendan Behans most famous works: After the Wake The King of Ireland's Son The Complete Plays The Writings of Brendan Behan ... Brendan Behan : An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism . Could not find the book you wanted in the list above? No Problem! Use the form below to do a search of the millions of books held by Amazon.com. Enter the title of the book, the author, or any keyword that might give a result. Try it! Enter keyword(s) The Confirmation Suit by Brendan Behan 'Twenty-two and sixpence for tweed, I'd expect a share in the shop for that. I've a good mind to let him go in jersey and pants for that.' 'Quite right, ma'am,' says one to another, backing one another up, 'I always say what matter if they are good and pure.' What had that got to do with it, if you had to go into the Chapel in a jersey and pants, and every other kid in a new suit, kid gloves and tan shoes and a scoil cap. The Cowan brothers were terrified. They were twins, and twelve years old, and every one in the street seemed to be wishing a jersey and pants on them, and saying their poor mother couldn't be expected to do for two in the one year, and she ought to go down to Sister Monica and tell her to put one back. If it came to that, the Cowans agreed to fight it out, at the back of the brewery wall, whoever got best, the other would be put back.

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47. SEARC'S WEB GUIDE - Brendan Behan (1923-1964) brendan behan, nephew of Peadar Kearney and cousin of Cathal Goulding, was born and educated in Dublin where he became a housepainter. behan joined the IRA http://www.searcs-web.com/behan.html

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48. Four Courts Press: Brendan Behan By John Brannigan brendan behan John Brannigan by John Brannigan. From Four Courts Press. http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/product.php?intProductID=67

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50. The Old Triangle (Brendan Behan) Original recording by brendan behan on brendan behan Sings Irish Folksongs and Ballads (Spoken Arts). Original lyrics from brendan behan s play The Quare http://www.bobdylanroots.com/royal.html

THE OLD TRIANGLE (Brendan Behan) Audio files are DELIBERATELY encoded "low-fi" to enable faster streaming and are intended as "illustrations" and "appetizers" only. Official and "hi-fi" recordings can (and should) be purchased at your local record dealer or through a number of web-based companies, like CDNow This prisoner's song of utter longing and despair opens Behan's first play "The Quare Fellow," and frames it thereafter; sung off-stage (originally, when the play was first produced, in Dublin in 1954, by Behan himself), it comes as if from a lockdown cell. The play is about "judicial hanging" capital punishment and based on Behan's imprisonment from 1942 to 1946 in Mountjoy Gaol for republican activities; the song is about routine, every day being the same, about the way prison destroys time and, with it, any sense of history.... ...this is "I Shall Be Released" without any hope for freedom. A Greenwich Village commonplace in the early 1960s and never done better than by Liam Clancy.... Greil Marcus, The Invisible Republic, New York, NY, 1997, pp. 256-257.

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Humorous Quotes attributed to Brendan Behan 1923-1964, Irish Playwright and Author Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops. Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves. I am a drinker with writing problems. I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse. ... To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory. Quotes by Abraham Lincoln Adlai Stevenson Al McGuire Albert Camus Albert Einstein Ambrose Bierce Archie Bunker Arnold Palmer Barry Goldwater Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin Franklin Bertrand Russell Bill Cosby Bill Maher Billy Crystal Bob Dylan Bob Hope Brendan Behan Carlyle (Cartoon Kitten) Casey Stengel Charles Barkley Charles Caleb Colton Charles Dickens Charlie Chaplin Chico Marx Danny Kaye Dave Barry Dean Martin Dennis The Menace Dolly Parton Dorothy Parker Douglas Adams Drew Carey Erma Bombeck Ernest Hemingway Finley Peter Dunne Frank Sinatra Frank Zappa Fred Allen Friedrich Nietzsche G K Chesterton Garfield (The Cat) George Bernard Shaw George Burns George Carlin George Mikes George Santayana Grace Allen (Gracie) Groucho Marx H. L. Mencken

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54. Re: [AMIA-L] Brendan Behan Interviews The Museum of Television Radio has the Small World program with brendan behan in our collection. It is available for viewing at both of the Museum s New http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/amia-l/2006/05/msg00042.html

Table of Contents Search Date Prev Date Next ... Thread Index Re: [AMIA-L] Brendan Behan Interviews To AMIA-L@LSV.UKY.EDU Subject : Re: [AMIA-L] Brendan Behan Interviews From : "Klain, Jane" < JKlain@MTR.ORG Date : Wed, 3 May 2006 15:15:51 -0400 Message-id 8561C7DC00AE81458B19F2481AC3CD8A0103D05B@mtrmail.mtr.org Reply-to AMIA-L@LSV.UKY.EDU Thread-index Thread-topic : [AMIA-L] Brendan Behan Interviews The Museum of Television & Radio has the "Small World" program with Brendan Behan in our collection. It is available for viewing at both of the Museum's New York and Los Angeles branches. Jane Klain Manager, Research Services The Museum of Television & Radio 25 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 (212) 621-6631 (p) (212) 621-6632 (f) jklain@mtr.org http://www.mtr.org -Original Message- From: Association of Moving Image Archivists [ mailto:AMIA-L@LSV.UKY.EDU http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/access_f.html mailto:ch@ucla.edu mailto:AMIA-L@LSV.UKY.EDU]On Prev by Date: Re: [AMIA-L] 16mm B+H 5 Blade Projector Question Next by Date: Re: [AMIA-L] RTI cleaning machine defect detection Previous by thread: Re: [AMIA-L] Brendan Behan Interviews Next by thread: [AMIA-L] 4th Annual Home Movie Day Index(es): Date Thread Subject index Index for current month ... [Search all CoOL documents] This page last changed: January 03, 2007

55. Shay Duffin As Brendan Behan - Theater - Review - New York Times Shay Duffin s oneman show at the Irish Arts Center is uneven but often charming. http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/theater/reviews/19duff.html

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57. Brendan Behan Exhibition » Clamnuts Rants Yep so brendan behan double whammy, got a mention on the Forbidden Planet Blog about being like behan and my good friend Sean Lennon just opened a behan http://clamnuts.com/rants/general/brendan-behan-exhibition/

Twisted Tales this week Thinkhouse Xmas card December 7th, 2007 Brendan Behan Exhibition Wham!! Had to temporarily remove the Thinkhouse post till they print the cards. Yep so Brendan Behan double whammy, got a mention on the Forbidden Planet Blog about being like Behan and my good friend Sean Lennon just opened a Behan exhibiton. This one is my favourite. He looks like a big sickly pint of Guinness. Wank. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. This entry was posted on Friday, December 7th, 2007 at 9:10 am and is filed under General Rants General Comic Stuff . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Stewbie Says: December 7th, 2007 at 1:59 pm The Behan stuff looks great man. Dont really know much of his work but of course have heard all the drinking nonsense. By all accounts he wasnt a heavy drinker just a lighweight because he was diabetic. Your liver heals itself anyway B so cool it. Bonzo Says: December 7th, 2007 at 2:38 pm

58. Brendan Behan Pub In Boston, MA - AOL City Guide If this information is inaccurate or the business has closed, let us know. Search the Web with AOL Search (enhanced by Google) for brendan behan Pub. http://search.cityguide.aol.com/boston/bars/brendan-behan-pub/v-106542000

or Browse the CityGuide Main Ticket Marketplace Hot Tickets ... White Pages hnav_pageset('bars'); Valentine's Day Search the City Guide Valentine's Day planner for romantic restaurants top proposal spots and Valentine's for singles. Brendan Behan Pub A cozy, neighborhood Irish pub in JP Bar/Club Editor: Member: My Rating: View: Summary Details 378 Centre St Boston, MA 02130 4.61 Miles Away Get directions View map Phone: Find places nearby E-Mail this page View printer-friendly page From the Editors Interview Magazine called it one of the four ''best beer haunts'' in Boston, Ireland's Sunday Tribune named it ''Boston's best watering hole,'' and it was the winner of Boston's best Irish pub award four times. In 1996 it even received the Perfect Pint Award from Guinness Import Co. But despite the accolades, Brendan Behan Pub remains a casual, down-to-earth hangout. Brendan Behan is the kind of bar where you go to have a few pints and a good chat with friends. It has a full bar with a large selection of draft and bottled beers, including, of course, Guinness. For its more literary crowd, there are occasional play and poetry readings, as well as storytelling sessions. Namesake Brendan Behan (1923-1964) was a Dublin-born rebel, playwright and author. He joined the IRA at 13 and spent time in prison, so much of his dialogue is filled with earthy humor. Contemporary Irish writers, whether drawn by the name or the atmosphere, have appeared at Brendan Behan Pub. Readings have included J.P. Donleavy (author of the much-acclaimed 'The Ginger Man') and Patrick McCabe (who authored 'The Butcher Boy').

59. RTÉ Libraries And Archives: Preserving A Unique Record Of Irish Life. Born in 1923, brendan behan was raised at 13 Russell Street in Dublin s north inner city. He became one of Ireland s bestknown writers and talkers. http://www.rte.ie/laweb/ll/ll_t04_main.html

www.rte.ie home about this site site map ... 'Off Camera' Look Back at Brendan Behan 'The Quare Fellow', Behan's first play, was produced in 1954 in Dublin. He married Beatrice ffrench-Salkeld in 1955. In 1958, Behan's play in the Irish language 'An Giall' was performed at Dublin's Damer Theatre. Afterwards, 'The Hostage', Behan's English language adaptation of 'An Giall', met with great success internationally following Joan Littlewood's production in London in 1958. 'Borstal Boy', Behan's autobiographical novel, was published the same year and became an immediate best seller. International success and financial reward were followed by an increase in Behan's drinking problems. Suffering from diabetes, compounded by years of heavy drinking, he died on 20 March 1964. 2 television clips 10 radio clips Archive Products Prints - Wanderly Wagon, Bosco, ... Buy now... privacy

60. FileRoom.org - Brendan Behan, Irish Writer And Playwright, Borstal Boy brendan behan, Irish writer and playwright, Borstal Boy brendan behan behan s autobiographical novel, http://www.thefileroom.org/documents/dyn/DisplayCase.cfm/id/821

Name: Brendan Behan, Irish writer and playwright, Borstal Boy Date: Location: Europe Subject Political/Economic/Social Opinion Language Explicit Sexuality Medium Literature Artist : Brendan Behan Confronting Bodies : The Irish Republic's Censorship of Publications Board, Catholic Church officials Date of Action Specific Location : Ireland, Australia and New Zealand Description of Artwork : Behan's autobiographical novel, "Borstal Boy," tells the story of a 16-year-old boy who is arrested and charged with membership in the Irish Republican Army. The book describes the boy's experience with other inmates, discussing sex, religion and politics. Description of Incident : Behan was well-known for his plays before "Borstal Boy" was banned in Ireland in 1958. It is believed that the Irish Censorship of Publications Board rejected the novel because of its treatment of adolescent sexuality, questionable language, and critiques of Irish republicanism, social attitudes and the Catholic Church. Behan affronts the Irish Republic's religious conservativism and how it affects the nation. The censorship board, however, was never required to explain its decision. Results of Incident : "Borstal Boy" was banned in Ireland in 1958 and in Australia and New Zealand shortly after. Behan released several other works, mainly plays, because the Censorship of Publications Board had no jurisdiction over theater. He continued to criticize fanatical Irish Republicans.

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