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'Brendan Behan - The Roaring Boy' Monday, December 1st, 9.35pm, RTÉ One

  • 01-12-2014 9:35pm
    #1
    Lapin
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    It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

    Brendan Behan 1923 - 1964


    This could be worth a look. He was an interesting character and came out with some great quotes in his time.


    From RTÉ

    Actor Adrian Dunbar, long an admirer of Behan's work, sets out on a journey to recover the man from the myth.

    Over the course of the documentary, Dunbar travels to the other cities in which Brendan lived and where his reputation and output is still highly regarded.

    In Paris he visits the Left Bank cafes and hotels where Brendan first found the confidence to write and started what would become The Borstal Boy. In London Adrian meets fellow actor and director Kathy Burke who has directed a hugely successful production of The Quare Fellow and has long been a Behan fan. And In New York Adrian finds out how The Hostage in particular blew away the stuffy European plays that American audiences were used to seeing and how Behan became a mentor to the younger Beat writers in Greenwich Village.


Comments

  • #2
    Lapin
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    I like the way Jim Sheridan doesn't hold back on his words.


  • #3
    Lady Chatterton
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    Behan was a tormented soul, a bit of a flawed genius. I know I'd have preferred to have been studying his work over Peig's any day for the Leaving Cert. :D


  • #4
    Lapin
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    John Brannigan - "A lot of hurt in his voice as he didn't have the respect of Dublin audiences and the drink was coroding his soul".

    Then straight into a commercial break with the first ad being for Carlsberg.

    Brilliant !


  • #5
    Harry Angstrom
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    After The Wake is a great collection of short stories. Well worth a read.


  • #6
    Lapin
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    Is Ulick O'Connor still alive? His biography of Behan is the best of the lot. Shame he wasn't asked to contribute to this. Though maybe he was, but just wasn't up for it as he must be some age now if he is amongst those of us who are still living. Or maybe he was just too damn contrary to take part.


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  • #7
    sligojoek
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    Lapin wrote: »
    Is Ulick O'Connor still alive? His biography of Behan is the best of the lot. Shame he wasn't asked to contribute to this. Though maybe he was, but just wasn't up for it as he must be some age now if he is amongst those of us who are still living. Or maybe he was just too damn contrary to take part.
    Yeah, He's still alive. I think he writes in the Sindo now and again.

    I just watched that docu on the plus1. Very enjoyable. One thing that annoyed me was the piano playing over Behan's voice in the interviews. My hearing isn't the best and I found it very distracting. I think I'll bang off an email to Joe Duffy about it.


  • #8
    BlaasForRafa
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    MrsD007 wrote: »
    Behan was a tormented soul, a bit of a flawed genius. I know I'd have preferred to have been studying his work over Peig's any day for the Leaving Cert. :D

    Don't mention the P**g word!


  • #9
    Radio5
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    I learned a lot about Behan in that doc. Wasn't aware he was so young when he died. Strange to see the young John B at his funeral.

    The piano thing is overdone in a lot of docs on TV and Radio at this stage.


  • #10
    FloatingVoter
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    Radio5 wrote: »
    I learned a lot about Behan in that doc. Wasn't aware he was so young when he died. Strange to see the young John B at his funeral.

    JB Keane was only 5 years younger than Behan. It brings home how much longer Behan could have lasted. That said, Jim Sheridan probably had a point when he said part of Brendan was dead before he was 10.
    A very good documentary - I hadn't heard about the break-in / editing session at JP Donleavys before. And the "fight" with no audience is definitely something worthy of a pair of great drunks/writers.


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