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Thomas Crimmin is a new warder at a Dublin prison where two men are condemned to die. One has his sentence commuted. Crimmin falls in love with Kathleen, the wife of the other prisoner, the "quare fellow". Kathleen tells Crimmin her husband found her in bed with his brother and that was why her husband killed him. The quare fellow is ...
- Brendan Behan
- 1954
24. Nov. 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Quare Fellow deals with a period between the arrival of a condemned murderer, and his execution, with which the play ends. The murderer is not named, and does not appear in the play. But the characters, his fellow prisoners and some of the warders, talk about him as "the quare fellow".
- Carolyn Swift
- Tom Willoughby
- Alan Barry
- Gilbert McIntyre
29. Mai 2022 · The quare fellow; a comedy-drama. by. Behan, Brendan. Publication date. 1977. Topics. Plays -- 20th century -- Ireland, Play -- 1951-1960. Publisher. London, Methuen.
28. Nov. 2020 · Schon der Titel (im Dubliner Strafgefangenenjargon wird ein zum Tod Verurteilter als ‚quare fellow‘ bezeichnet) verweist auf Schauplatz und Thematik: In episodischer Szenenreihung wird vor dem Hintergrund einer bevorstehenden Exekution das Leben in einem Gefängnis dargestellt.
