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  1. Brendan Behan #BrendanBehan

    It Must Be Wonderful to Be Free
    Archive on 4

    Irish novelist Megan Nolan presents an intimate study of the late playwright, singer and novelist, Brendan Behan. She reveals a poetic socialist, a fiercely anti-establishment artist concerned with class solidarity, outcasts, liberation, self-revelation and empathy. And she trashes the trivial, stereotyped memory of Behan, as Ireland’s most famous drunk.

    She tells his story through the lens of his most prolific years, 1954 - 1958. It was a time of explosive creativity for Behan, which saw the release of three of his most remarkable works - his plays The Quare Fellow and The Hostage, and his work of auto-fiction Borstal Boy. She hears about his determination in these years to recruit language rather than the militarised violence of his youth as a means to valorise life, dignity, humour and queer love, and to advance his vision for his country, forged in his working class roots.

    His words paint a picture of a complex character. An intelligent, anti-establishment writer, an Irish beatnik whose talents “would make Jack Kerouac weep with terror” and who even Bob Dylan couldn’t find the courage to “touch the hem of his garment”. A man who met a tragic end, addicted to alcohol and wielding his fame and power in cruel ways.

    Marking the 60th anniversary of his death, Megan hears from historians, writers and members of Behan’s family, as well as from the rich archive of the man himself.

    Producer: Cat Gough
    Executive Producer: Robert Nicholson

    A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4

    With thanks to Iris Klein and Semiotexte for providing archival interview recordings with Brendan Behan made by journalist Sylvere Lotringer in Paris in 1961

    Show less

    Available now

    57 minutes

    On air

    Today
    22:00
    BBC Radio 4

    #BBCRadio4 #BBCArchiveOn4 #MeganNolan

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xfd0

  2. Brendan Behan #BrendanBehan

    It Must Be Wonderful to Be Free
    Archive on 4

    Irish novelist Megan Nolan presents an intimate study of the late playwright, singer and novelist, Brendan Behan. She reveals a poetic socialist, a fiercely anti-establishment artist concerned with class solidarity, outcasts, liberation, self-revelation and empathy. And she trashes the trivial, stereotyped memory of Behan, as Ireland’s most famous drunk.

    She tells his story through the lens of his most prolific years, 1954 - 1958. It was a time of explosive creativity for Behan, which saw the release of three of his most remarkable works - his plays The Quare Fellow and The Hostage, and his work of auto-fiction Borstal Boy. She hears about his determination in these years to recruit language rather than the militarised violence of his youth as a means to valorise life, dignity, humour and queer love, and to advance his vision for his country, forged in his working class roots.

    His words paint a picture of a complex character. An intelligent, anti-establishment writer, an Irish beatnik whose talents “would make Jack Kerouac weep with terror” and who even Bob Dylan couldn’t find the courage to “touch the hem of his garment”. A man who met a tragic end, addicted to alcohol and wielding his fame and power in cruel ways.

    Marking the 60th anniversary of his death, Megan hears from historians, writers and members of Behan’s family, as well as from the rich archive of the man himself.

    Producer: Cat Gough
    Executive Producer: Robert Nicholson

    A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4

    With thanks to Iris Klein and Semiotexte for providing archival interview recordings with Brendan Behan made by journalist Sylvere Lotringer in Paris in 1961

    Show less

    Available now

    57 minutes

    On air

    Today
    22:00
    BBC Radio 4

    #BBCRadio4 #BBCArchiveOn4 #MeganNolan

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xfd0

  3. Brendan Behan #BrendanBehan

    It Must Be Wonderful to Be Free
    Archive on 4

    Irish novelist Megan Nolan presents an intimate study of the late playwright, singer and novelist, Brendan Behan. She reveals a poetic socialist, a fiercely anti-establishment artist concerned with class solidarity, outcasts, liberation, self-revelation and empathy. And she trashes the trivial, stereotyped memory of Behan, as Ireland’s most famous drunk.

    She tells his story through the lens of his most prolific years, 1954 - 1958. It was a time of explosive creativity for Behan, which saw the release of three of his most remarkable works - his plays The Quare Fellow and The Hostage, and his work of auto-fiction Borstal Boy. She hears about his determination in these years to recruit language rather than the militarised violence of his youth as a means to valorise life, dignity, humour and queer love, and to advance his vision for his country, forged in his working class roots.

    His words paint a picture of a complex character. An intelligent, anti-establishment writer, an Irish beatnik whose talents “would make Jack Kerouac weep with terror” and who even Bob Dylan couldn’t find the courage to “touch the hem of his garment”. A man who met a tragic end, addicted to alcohol and wielding his fame and power in cruel ways.

    Marking the 60th anniversary of his death, Megan hears from historians, writers and members of Behan’s family, as well as from the rich archive of the man himself.

    Producer: Cat Gough
    Executive Producer: Robert Nicholson

    A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4

    With thanks to Iris Klein and Semiotexte for providing archival interview recordings with Brendan Behan made by journalist Sylvere Lotringer in Paris in 1961

    Show less

    Available now

    57 minutes

    On air

    Today
    22:00
    BBC Radio 4

    #BBCRadio4 #BBCArchiveOn4 #MeganNolan

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xfd0

  4. Brendan Behan #BrendanBehan

    It Must Be Wonderful to Be Free
    Archive on 4

    Irish novelist Megan Nolan presents an intimate study of the late playwright, singer and novelist, Brendan Behan. She reveals a poetic socialist, a fiercely anti-establishment artist concerned with class solidarity, outcasts, liberation, self-revelation and empathy. And she trashes the trivial, stereotyped memory of Behan, as Ireland’s most famous drunk.

    She tells his story through the lens of his most prolific years, 1954 - 1958. It was a time of explosive creativity for Behan, which saw the release of three of his most remarkable works - his plays The Quare Fellow and The Hostage, and his work of auto-fiction Borstal Boy. She hears about his determination in these years to recruit language rather than the militarised violence of his youth as a means to valorise life, dignity, humour and queer love, and to advance his vision for his country, forged in his working class roots.

    His words paint a picture of a complex character. An intelligent, anti-establishment writer, an Irish beatnik whose talents “would make Jack Kerouac weep with terror” and who even Bob Dylan couldn’t find the courage to “touch the hem of his garment”. A man who met a tragic end, addicted to alcohol and wielding his fame and power in cruel ways.

    Marking the 60th anniversary of his death, Megan hears from historians, writers and members of Behan’s family, as well as from the rich archive of the man himself.

    Producer: Cat Gough
    Executive Producer: Robert Nicholson

    A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4

    With thanks to Iris Klein and Semiotexte for providing archival interview recordings with Brendan Behan made by journalist Sylvere Lotringer in Paris in 1961

    Show less

    Available now

    57 minutes

    On air

    Today
    22:00
    BBC Radio 4

    #BBCRadio4 #BBCArchiveOn4 #MeganNolan

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xfd0

  5. Brendan Behan #BrendanBehan

    It Must Be Wonderful to Be Free
    Archive on 4

    Irish novelist Megan Nolan presents an intimate study of the late playwright, singer and novelist, Brendan Behan. She reveals a poetic socialist, a fiercely anti-establishment artist concerned with class solidarity, outcasts, liberation, self-revelation and empathy. And she trashes the trivial, stereotyped memory of Behan, as Ireland’s most famous drunk.

    She tells his story through the lens of his most prolific years, 1954 - 1958. It was a time of explosive creativity for Behan, which saw the release of three of his most remarkable works - his plays The Quare Fellow and The Hostage, and his work of auto-fiction Borstal Boy. She hears about his determination in these years to recruit language rather than the militarised violence of his youth as a means to valorise life, dignity, humour and queer love, and to advance his vision for his country, forged in his working class roots.

    His words paint a picture of a complex character. An intelligent, anti-establishment writer, an Irish beatnik whose talents “would make Jack Kerouac weep with terror” and who even Bob Dylan couldn’t find the courage to “touch the hem of his garment”. A man who met a tragic end, addicted to alcohol and wielding his fame and power in cruel ways.

    Marking the 60th anniversary of his death, Megan hears from historians, writers and members of Behan’s family, as well as from the rich archive of the man himself.

    Producer: Cat Gough
    Executive Producer: Robert Nicholson

    A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4

    With thanks to Iris Klein and Semiotexte for providing archival interview recordings with Brendan Behan made by journalist Sylvere Lotringer in Paris in 1961

    Show less

    Available now

    57 minutes

    On air

    Today
    22:00
    BBC Radio 4

    #BBCRadio4 #BBCArchiveOn4 #MeganNolan

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xfd0

  6. "The Quare Fellow" play by Brendan Behan

    The Quare Fellow is Brendan Behan's first play, first produced in 1954. The title is taken from a Hiberno-English pronunciation of queer (without the homosexual connotation).

    #quare #TheQuareFellow #BrendanBehan

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quar

  7. "The Quare Fellow" play by Brendan Behan

    The Quare Fellow is Brendan Behan's first play, first produced in 1954. The title is taken from a Hiberno-English pronunciation of queer (without the homosexual connotation).

    #quare #TheQuareFellow #BrendanBehan

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quar

  8. "The Quare Fellow" play by Brendan Behan

    The Quare Fellow is Brendan Behan's first play, first produced in 1954. The title is taken from a Hiberno-English pronunciation of queer (without the homosexual connotation).

    #quare #TheQuareFellow #BrendanBehan

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quar

  9. "The Quare Fellow" play by Brendan Behan

    The Quare Fellow is Brendan Behan's first play, first produced in 1954. The title is taken from a Hiberno-English pronunciation of queer (without the homosexual connotation).

    #quare #TheQuareFellow #BrendanBehan

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quar

  10. "The Quare Fellow" play by Brendan Behan

    The Quare Fellow is Brendan Behan's first play, first produced in 1954. The title is taken from a Hiberno-English pronunciation of queer (without the homosexual connotation).

    #quare #TheQuareFellow #BrendanBehan

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quar

  11. I was raised around the corner from the Forty Foot swimming place in Sandycove, County Dublin. #BrendanBehan had upped and died while I was a toddler, but the sign was unchanged.

    Until one day in the early 70s, some feral pedant repainted the sign, with a full stop after "forty foot". My outrage was widely shsred. The dot was soon painted over.

    Later, women iniststed on swimming there too, which was great. But eventually they painted over the word "gentlemen", spoiling all the fun of trespass

  12. I was raised around the corner from the Forty Foot swimming place in Sandycove, County Dublin. #BrendanBehan had upped and died while I was a toddler, but the sign was unchanged.

    Until one day in the early 70s, some feral pedant repainted the sign, with a full stop after "forty foot". My outrage was widely shsred. The dot was soon painted over.

    Later, women iniststed on swimming there too, which was great. But eventually they painted over the word "gentlemen", spoiling all the fun of trespass

  13. I was raised around the corner from the Forty Foot swimming place in Sandycove, County Dublin. #BrendanBehan had upped and died while I was a toddler, but the sign was unchanged.

    Until one day in the early 70s, some feral pedant repainted the sign, with a full stop after "forty foot". My outrage was widely shsred. The dot was soon painted over.

    Later, women iniststed on swimming there too, which was great. But eventually they painted over the word "gentlemen", spoiling all the fun of trespass

  14. I was raised around the corner from the Forty Foot swimming place in Sandycove, County Dublin. #BrendanBehan had upped and died while I was a toddler, but the sign was unchanged.

    Until one day in the early 70s, some feral pedant repainted the sign, with a full stop after "forty foot". My outrage was widely shsred. The dot was soon painted over.

    Later, women iniststed on swimming there too, which was great. But eventually they painted over the word "gentlemen", spoiling all the fun of trespass

  15. I was raised around the corner from the Forty Foot swimming place in Sandycove, County Dublin. #BrendanBehan had upped and died while I was a toddler, but the sign was unchanged.

    Until one day in the early 70s, some feral pedant repainted the sign, with a full stop after "forty foot". My outrage was widely shsred. The dot was soon painted over.

    Later, women iniststed on swimming there too, which was great. But eventually they painted over the word "gentlemen", spoiling all the fun of trespass

  16. 70 years ago today, #BrendanBehan's first play "Quare Fellow" premieres in London.

  17. Brendan Behan was born in Dublin on 9 February 1923 in Dublin. He wrote plays and poems in English and Irish including "An Giall", later translated into English as “The Hostage”. 1/2 #BrendanBehan #IrishLiterature

  18. -LETTERS OF NOTE-
    'He is the worst specimen I have met in 30 years’ service. I urge his dismissal from the job now before good material is rendered useless and the place ruined.'

    'A self-proclaimed “drinker with a writing problem,” Behan left behind more destruction than decoration. Paint was spilled, walls were somehow burned, and judging by the now-famous letter you are soon to read, at least one principal lighthouse keeper was pushed to breaking point.'
    substack.com/home/post/p-15957 #BrendanBehan

  19. -LETTERS OF NOTE-
    'He is the worst specimen I have met in 30 years’ service. I urge his dismissal from the job now before good material is rendered useless and the place ruined.'

    'A self-proclaimed “drinker with a writing problem,” Behan left behind more destruction than decoration. Paint was spilled, walls were somehow burned, and judging by the now-famous letter you are soon to read, at least one principal lighthouse keeper was pushed to breaking point.'
    substack.com/home/post/p-15957 #BrendanBehan

  20. -LETTERS OF NOTE-
    'He is the worst specimen I have met in 30 years’ service. I urge his dismissal from the job now before good material is rendered useless and the place ruined.'

    'A self-proclaimed “drinker with a writing problem,” Behan left behind more destruction than decoration. Paint was spilled, walls were somehow burned, and judging by the now-famous letter you are soon to read, at least one principal lighthouse keeper was pushed to breaking point.'
    substack.com/home/post/p-15957 #BrendanBehan

  21. -LETTERS OF NOTE-
    'He is the worst specimen I have met in 30 years’ service. I urge his dismissal from the job now before good material is rendered useless and the place ruined.'

    'A self-proclaimed “drinker with a writing problem,” Behan left behind more destruction than decoration. Paint was spilled, walls were somehow burned, and judging by the now-famous letter you are soon to read, at least one principal lighthouse keeper was pushed to breaking point.'
    substack.com/home/post/p-15957 #BrendanBehan

  22. -LETTERS OF NOTE-
    'He is the worst specimen I have met in 30 years’ service. I urge his dismissal from the job now before good material is rendered useless and the place ruined.'

    'A self-proclaimed “drinker with a writing problem,” Behan left behind more destruction than decoration. Paint was spilled, walls were somehow burned, and judging by the now-famous letter you are soon to read, at least one principal lighthouse keeper was pushed to breaking point.'
    substack.com/home/post/p-15957 #BrendanBehan

  23. On his death bed he reportedly told a nun looking after him: ‘Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops’. At his funeral he was given a full IRA guard of honour, which escorted his coffin. 2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  24. On his death bed he reportedly told a nun looking after him: ‘Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops’. At his funeral he was given a full IRA guard of honour, which escorted his coffin. 2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  25. On his death bed he reportedly told a nun looking after him: ‘Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops’. At his funeral he was given a full IRA guard of honour, which escorted his coffin. 2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  26. On his death bed he reportedly told a nun looking after him: ‘Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops’. At his funeral he was given a full IRA guard of honour, which escorted his coffin. 2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  27. On his death bed he reportedly told a nun looking after him: ‘Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops’. At his funeral he was given a full IRA guard of honour, which escorted his coffin. 2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  28. Brendan Behan (Breandán Ó Beacháin) was born on 9 February 1923 in the inner city of Dublin at Holles Street Hospital to Kathleen and Stephen Behan. The family were educated working-class Republican. Brendan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican activist who wrote in both English and Irish.

    #BrendanBehan #Dublin #Ireland #IrishLiterature #OnThisDay

  29. Brendan Behan (Breandán Ó Beacháin) was born on 9 February 1923 in the inner city of Dublin at Holles Street Hospital to Kathleen and Stephen Behan. The family were educated working-class Republican. Brendan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican activist who wrote in both English and Irish.

    #BrendanBehan #Dublin #Ireland #IrishLiterature #OnThisDay

  30. Brendan Behan (Breandán Ó Beacháin) was born on 9 February 1923 in the inner city of Dublin at Holles Street Hospital to Kathleen and Stephen Behan. The family were educated working-class Republican. Brendan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican activist who wrote in both English and Irish.

    #BrendanBehan #Dublin #Ireland #IrishLiterature #OnThisDay

  31. Brendan Behan (Breandán Ó Beacháin) was born on 9 February 1923 in the inner city of Dublin at Holles Street Hospital to Kathleen and Stephen Behan. The family were educated working-class Republican. Brendan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican activist who wrote in both English and Irish.

    #BrendanBehan #Dublin #Ireland #IrishLiterature #OnThisDay

  32. Brendan Behan (Breandán Ó Beacháin) was born on 9 February 1923 in the inner city of Dublin at Holles Street Hospital to Kathleen and Stephen Behan. The family were educated working-class Republican. Brendan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican activist who wrote in both English and Irish.

    #BrendanBehan #Dublin #Ireland #IrishLiterature #OnThisDay

  33. On his death bed he reportedly told a nun looking after him: ‘Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops’. At his funeral he was given a full IRA guard of honour, which escorted his coffin. 2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  34. On his death bed he reportedly told a nun looking after him: ‘Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops’. At his funeral he was given a full IRA guard of honour, which escorted his coffin. 2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  35. On his death bed he reportedly told a nun looking after him: ‘Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops’. At his funeral he was given a full IRA guard of honour, which escorted his coffin. 2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  36. On his death bed he reportedly told a nun looking after him: ‘Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops’. At his funeral he was given a full IRA guard of honour, which escorted his coffin. 2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  37. On his death bed he reportedly told a nun looking after him: ‘Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops’. At his funeral he was given a full IRA guard of honour, which escorted his coffin. 2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  38. Brendan Behan died in the Meath Hospital, Dublin on 20th March 1964. He was a writer, dramatist and Irish Republican.

    Behan joined the IRA, which led to his serving time in a borstal youth prison in the United Kingdom and imprisonment in Ireland. During this time, he took it upon himself to study, and he became a fluent speaker of the Irish language. 1/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  39. Brendan Behan died in the Meath Hospital, Dublin on 20th March 1964. He was a writer, dramatist and Irish Republican.

    Behan joined the IRA, which led to his serving time in a borstal youth prison in the United Kingdom and imprisonment in Ireland. During this time, he took it upon himself to study, and he became a fluent speaker of the Irish language. 1/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  40. Brendan Behan died in the Meath Hospital, Dublin on 20th March 1964. He was a writer, dramatist and Irish Republican.

    Behan joined the IRA, which led to his serving time in a borstal youth prison in the United Kingdom and imprisonment in Ireland. During this time, he took it upon himself to study, and he became a fluent speaker of the Irish language. 1/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  41. Brendan Behan died in the Meath Hospital, Dublin on 20th March 1964. He was a writer, dramatist and Irish Republican.

    Behan joined the IRA, which led to his serving time in a borstal youth prison in the United Kingdom and imprisonment in Ireland. During this time, he took it upon himself to study, and he became a fluent speaker of the Irish language. 1/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  42. Brendan Behan died in the Meath Hospital, Dublin on 20th March 1964. He was a writer, dramatist and Irish Republican.

    Behan joined the IRA, which led to his serving time in a borstal youth prison in the United Kingdom and imprisonment in Ireland. During this time, he took it upon himself to study, and he became a fluent speaker of the Irish language. 1/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishLiterature #BrendanBehan #Gaeilge #Dublin #MeathHospital #OnThisDay

  43. Now at #RoyalExchangeTheatre we have #BrendanBehan i always thinks it denigrates his work that he is known more for his drinking than being a gifted playwright.

  44. Now at #RoyalExchangeTheatre we have #BrendanBehan i always thinks it denigrates his work that he is known more for his drinking than being a gifted playwright.

  45. Now at #RoyalExchangeTheatre we have #BrendanBehan i always thinks it denigrates his work that he is known more for his drinking than being a gifted playwright.

  46. Now at #RoyalExchangeTheatre we have #BrendanBehan i always thinks it denigrates his work that he is known more for his drinking than being a gifted playwright.

  47. Now at #RoyalExchangeTheatre we have #BrendanBehan i always thinks it denigrates his work that he is known more for his drinking than being a gifted playwright.

  48. Brendan Behan (Breandán Ó Beacháin) was born on 9 February 1923 in the inner city of Dublin at Holles Street Hospital to Kathleen and Stephen Behan. The family were educated working-class Republican. Brendan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican activist who wrote in both English and Irish.

    #BrendanBehan #Dublin #Ireland #IrishLiterature #OnThisDay

  49. Brendan Behan (Breandán Ó Beacháin) was born on 9 February 1923 in the inner city of Dublin at Holles Street Hospital to Kathleen and Stephen Behan. The family were educated working-class Republican. Brendan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican activist who wrote in both English and Irish.

    #BrendanBehan #Dublin #Ireland #IrishLiterature #OnThisDay