The Quare Fellow (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Brendan Behan
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragicomedy
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: Dublin, Ireland
- Genres: Drama, Political drama, Tragicomedy
- Subjects: 1950’s, Values, Prisoners, Yards or backyards, Capital punishment, Ethics, Ireland or Irish people, Civil service
- Locales: Dublin, Ireland
Characters Discussed
The Quare Fellow, a man scheduled for execution because he murdered his brother. He never appears on stage but is the focal point of all discussion and represents all quare fellows (prisoners scheduled for execution) everywhere.
Dunlavin, an old man who has spent most of his life in Irish prisons without becoming dulled by the experience. Often, he seems to speak for the playwright, doling out astute pieces of social criticism. His comparison of upper- and lower-class murder styles, for example, and his insistence that he prefers murderers to...
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