Article: @1.2MILLION FOR BEHAN'S QUARE HOME.(News)

Article: BORSTAL BOY Brendan Behan was a ...
The Independent on Sunday;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Oxford Stage Company and director Kathy Burke are rescuing Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow from decades of neglect. Set in Dublin ... financed by the royalties from the plays and his autobiography, Borstal Boy (1958), and as his wealth and fame grew, his output dwindled ...

Article: 'Borstal Boy' lacks insight into Behan's essence
Chicago Sun-Times;  March 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Borstal Boy ** Brendan Behan Shawn Hatosy Charlie Millwall ... of the bottle. Is the Brendan Behan of "Borstal Boy" simply the young man ... an accurate portrait of Brendan Behan at 16, then "Borstal Boy" makes the same mistake ...

Article: 'Borstal Boy' needs some lessons in life.(Scene)
The Boston Herald;  June 7, 2002 ;     591 words ... ... out of four) "Borstal Boy" is an ordinary ... and boozehound Brendan Behan's stint in an ... drinker. ("Borstal Boy" includes violence ... DIFFICULT SUBJECT: 'Borstal Boy,' starring Shawn Hatosy as Brendan Behan, left, with ...

Article: Peter Sheridan explores sexuality in `The Borstal ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  April 30, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the teen-age years of writer and playwright Brendan Behan, "Borstal Boy," filmed in 1999 and only now getting U.S ... in the early 1960's) and that he'd read `Borstal Boy' at that time. Michael was an icon to the younger ...

Article: Peter Sheridan explores sexuality in `The Borstal ...
Zap2It.com (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  April 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the teen-age years of writer and playwright Brendan Behan, "Borstal Boy," filmed in 1999 and only now getting U.S ... in the early 1960's) and that he'd read `Borstal Boy' at that time. Michael was an icon to the younger ...

Article: Borstal Boy.(Video Recording Review)
Video Store;  October 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Borstal Boy Prebook 10/22; Street 11 ... period in the life of Irish writer Brendan Behan during World War II, Borstal Boy differs greatly from other films ... British correctional facility, Borstal Boy is not about oppression, rebellion ...

Encyclopedia entry: Borstal Boy
The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature;      265 words ...Borstal Boy (1958), an autobiographical account of Brendan Behan's experiences in an English reformatory following his arrest in November 1939 for possession of explosives during an IRA campaign in Britain.