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The Quare Fellow

 
 Brendan Behan and the performance of The Quare Fellow

 The Structure of The Quare Fellow

 Characters and its relevant issues in The Quare Fellow

 
 Brendan Behan and the performance of The Quare Fellow
  A. The premiere at The Pike Theater, Dublin in 1954 (for six months) Alan Simpson(O'Connor 166-9)
B. The performances at Straford-- Joan Littlewood (O'Connor 176-7)
C. The performances at the Comedy Theatre in West End, London ( O'Connor 182)
D. The performance at the Circle in the Square, New York in November 1958 Jose Qunitero (O'Connor 195, 213)

 

 The Structure of The Quare Fellow
  A. the domestic scene / closet drama (Kearney 526)
       1. the play within the play-- the prisoners to the Quare Fellow
       2. the effect of double-- the audience to the characters on stage;
           the characters to the closet drama behind the door. / to Warder Regan
B. The theatrical technique of incidental songs in-between lines /three acts
       1. Act One, Prisoner in the punishment cells (256-7); Young prisoners (262-5,8)
       2. Act Two, Prisoner He / the Quare Fellow (276-7); Chorus of prisoner (284); Prisoner He (286-7)
       3. Act Three: Scene one, Hangman (304); Jenkison(305-6); Prisoner C (306-7); Scene two, Prisoner He (310)

 

 Characters and its relevant issues in The Quare Fellow
  A.The invisible Quare Fellow
       1.the representative of the collective individuals / identity in the prisons
       2.surrogate figure of prisoners in the prison Moutjoy
       3.the confrontation or the resistance of the oppression forces.
B.Warder Regan and Mr. Healy
       1.the omission section of the dialogues between Warder Regan and Mr. Healy (181-2)
       2.an ideal hero in The Quare Fellow ( O'Connor 168)

 

 

Works Cited & Reference

Behan, Brendan. The Quare Fellow. John. P. Harrington. 255-310.
De Burca, Seamus. "Brendan Behan: A Memoir." . John. P. Harrington. 513-6.
Harrington, John. P, ed. Modern Irish Drama. New York: Norton, 1991.
Kearney, Colbert. "The Quare Fellow." John. P. Harrington. 521-6.
MacInnes, Colin. "The Writing of Brendan Behan." John. P. Harrington. 517-21..
Maxwell, D.E.S. "The Quare Fellow." Modern Irish Drama. Ed. John. P. Harrington. New
York: Norton, 1991. 527-31...
O'Connor, Ulick. Brendan Behan. Englewood Cliff, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1970.
   
 


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