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BRENDAN BEHAN
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“I only write plays when I'm short of a couple of bob.”
Brendan Behan

Brendan Behan Biography -- Princess Grace Irish Library
Biography contained in the Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco) Electronic Irish Records Dataset.

Brendan Behan Biography
This site contains a biography of Brendan Behan, an Irish author noted for his powerful political views and earthy satire. When not in jail or in pubs, Behan worked in odd jobs and wrote plays and stories that colorfully depicted the life of the ordinary working men. Several of his books were banned in Ireland . Behan spent most of the years from 1939 to 1946 in English and Irish penal institutions on political charges.

Brendan Behan Quotations
Quotations of Behan from Memorable Quotations.com

Confessions of an Irish Rebel

Web site discussing Shay Duffin's one-man show, "Confessions of an Irish Rebel" ( Irish Arts Center, New York , October and November 2006).

Famous Irish Lives - Brendan Behan
Biography on Behan by Irelandseye.com.

Internet Broadway Database: Brendan Behan
List of Broadway productions of Brendan Behan’s works.  Contains links to each work, with information on theatre, actors and production credits.  

Irish Writers Online -- Behan
Brief biographies of Irish writers with information on their own works. 

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