Brendan Behan Summary

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  • 4 Literature Criticisms
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Biographies (3)

2,415 words, approx. 9 pages
Biography EssayBrendan Behan was the most important new Irish dramatist of the 1950s. Writing without the support of the theatrical establishment (the Abbey Theatre rejected his early efforts), Behan ... Read more
2,003 words, approx. 7 pages
Brendan Behan was the most important new Irish dramatist of the 1950s. Writing without the support of the theatrical establishment (the Abbey Theatre rejected his early efforts), Behan developed an or... Read more
5,806 words, approx. 20 pages
Although Brendan Behan was the major new voice of Irish drama in the 1950s, for most of his contemporaries, his life was better known than his work. This situation was probably inevitable after he rec... Read more