Brendan Behan

From: "will stackman" profwlll@yahoo.com

Subject: Quicktake - "Brendan Behan" adapted by Shay Duffin

Date: Wed, Mar 7, 11:36 PM

Quicktake on BRENDAN BEHAN: CONFESSIONS OF AN IRISH REBEL

     The season of one-person shows continues. Behan’s back, or rather Shay Duffin’s resurrected the man again, and his show seems as fresh as ever. Duffin, who was last here in Boston as part of the ensemble for “The Departed”, first put his fellow South Dubliner onstage here at the Charles Theatre about 20 years ago. He’s now older than the writer was at his death aged 41, and brings a depth to the sadness behind the banter. Material for this piece comes from Behan’s various published writing, including “The Borstal Boy”, but most of the songs are traditional barroom tunes heard in his best-known play, “The Hostage.” The intimate confines of JTOB, with Guinness available in the lobby, make this show seem like a homecoming. Maybe it’s time some of our local theatres took a second look at his plays, and the social criticism behind their antics.

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"Brendan Behan" adapted by Shay Duffin, MAR.7 - 31

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