Theatre the Quare Fellow, Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow 4/5 Stars
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BRENDAN Behan knew about the pains of confinement first-hand. Joys, too, in the brand new post-war society inside Dublin's Mountjoy Prison, where Republican dissenters were banged up amid a caste system of old lags and rookies, untouched by the welfare state. This is made crystal clear in his most famous play, revived here by Kathy Burke for Oxford Stage in a tight-lipped, bleakly sensitive production.
As all sides idle their time in wait for the next day's hanging, an unspoken dread looms large as the condemned man becomes an unseen holy figure, and a pivot upon which all sides of the law define their very being.See the full content of this document
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Theatre the Quare Fellow, Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow 4/5 Stars
For long-term inmates, it's an everyday occurrence. Cel...
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