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Plot. The play is set in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. The anti-hero of the play, The Quare Fellow, is never seen or heard; he functions as the play's central conceit. He is a man condemned to die on the following day, for killing his brother.
Based on Brendan Behan's play, the film follows a young guard's moral dilemma in a death row prison. Starring Patrick McGoohan, Sylvia Syms, and Walter Macken, directed by Arthur Dreifuss.
Nov 24, 2023 · Celebrate Brendan Behan's centenary with a new production of The Quare Fellow, directed by Tom Creed and featuring female and non-binary actors. Set in Mountjoy Prison, the play blends comedy and humanity in a darkly subversive tale of life behind bars.
The Quare Fellow is a play by Brendan Behan about the execution of a prisoner in an Irish jail. The play explores the themes of death, religion, humor, and antiestablishment attitudes through the dialogue and actions of the characters.
The Quare Fellow, play in three acts by Brendan Behan, performed in 1954 and published in 1956. A tragicomedy concerning the reactions of jailers and prisoners to the imminent hanging of a condemned man (the “Quare Fellow”), the play is an explosive statement on capital punishment and prison life.
Overeager Thomas Crimmin (Patrick McGoohan) joins the ranks of wardens at a decaying Dublin prison, where the only break from the monotony is the execution of death row inmates, or "quare fellows...
Nov 29, 2020 · The Quare Fellow is a comedy-drama by Brendan Behan. The play is set in a Dublin prison, and the focus of the work is the planned execution of an inmate called the Quare Fellow.
