Behan’s The Hostage Is Presented by the Theatre Workshop
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Arts
- Subcategories: Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Entertainment, Entertainers
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
- Geographical Location: London
- Date: 1958
Article abstract: Brendan Behan’s play The Hostage, presented by Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop, blended serious drama, raucous comedy, and music in unique and theatrically innovative ways.
Summary of Event
The debut of The Hostage brought a new, surprising, and uniquely theatrical approach to a deadly serious subject: hostage-taking and the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The play depicts events that surround the execution of a character whom the audience never sees--an eighteen-year-old IRA member sentenced to die in a Belfast jail for...
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