• Borstal Boy is a 1958 autobiographical book by Brendan Behan. The story depicts a young, fervently idealistic Behan, who loses his naïveté over the three...
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  • Borstal Boy is a 2000 romantic drama film directed by Peter Sheridan, based on the 1958 autobiographical novel of the same name by Brendan Behan. In 1941...
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    A borstal was a type of youth detention centre in the United Kingdom, several member states of the Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland. In India...
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  • Borstal Boy is a play adapted by Frank McMahon from the 1958 autobiographical novel of Irish nationalist Brendan Behan of the same title. The play debuted...
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  • Borstal Boy may refer to: Borstal Boy, an autobiographical novel published in 1958 by Brendan Behan Borstal Boy (play), the 1967 play adaptation by playwright...
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    with great success internationally. Behan's autobiographical novel, Borstal Boy, was published the same year and became a worldwide best-seller. By the...
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  • Look up borstal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A borstal or borstal school is a type of juvenile detention centre in India and formerly in the United...
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    David Johnson Drama in Manchester and appeared as Happy Boy in the stage production of Borstal Boy which toured the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2007, and...
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  • appeared in with his father, Gordon Ingleby. In the 2002 theatrical release Borstal Boy, based very loosely on the life of Irish poet-activist Brendan Behan...
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    before making his Broadway debut in The Penny Wars (1969), followed by Borstal Boy (1970), The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1971) and Moonchildren (1972)...
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    TotalTheater. Retrieved June 28, 2017. Barnes, Clive (April 1, 1970). "Theater: Borstal Boy". The New York Times. Retrieved June 21, 2017. "James Woods". Hollywood...
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  • played Bomber in Pure Mule. He has performed on stage as Brendan in Borstal Boy and in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman. Born in England, Lydon moved...
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    includes Mel Smith's High Heels and Low Lifes (2001) and starring roles in Borstal Boy (2000), Mean Machine (2002) and in four films by the British film director...
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  • childhood, he was in trouble with the police most of the time. An ex-borstal boy, Ray built up a reputation as a troublemaker. He first appeared in the...
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    Divorcing Jack Alfie Stewart 1999 A Love Divided Reverend Hamilton 2000 Borstal Boy Verreker 2001 Mapmaker Sergeant Devlin 2006 The Front Line Mikey 2007...
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  • broadcasting executive. His adaptation of Brendan Behan's autobiographical Borstal Boy played on Broadway after a long run in Dublin's Abbey Theatre. McMahon...
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    seasons. He starred as Sathnam Sanghera in the critically acclaimed The Boy with the Topknot, shown on BBC 2 in 2017. He appeared in four episodes of...
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  • Note 2000 Borstal Boy Mac Film 2001 Band of Brothers Lester 'Leo' Hashey Mini Series 2003 Bloom Haines Film 2004 Starfish Jack Film 2005 Boy Eats Girl...
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    played Charlie Millwall in a critically acclaimed tour of the stage play Borstal Boy, which ended at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Gilgun found the break...
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  • best known for his Tony Award-winning production of Brendan Behan's Borstal Boy, an autobiographical play about a young member of the Irish Republican...
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  • Behan, author of Borstal Boy. 2000 (originally 1958). David R. Godine. (theme: resistance to British imperialism) Note that Borstal Boy is one of comparatively...
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  • File. ISBN 0-8160-6271-4. Brendan Behan, Irish writer and playwright, Borstal Boy. FileRoom.org. Retrieved on 9 May 2010. Deegan, Gordon (2 August 2010)...
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  • Brendan Behan in the 1967 stage adaptation of Behan's autobiography, Borstal Boy, at the Abbey Theatre. When the production moved to Broadway, Grimes...
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    original on February 20, 2006 – via pearyhs.org. Gardner, Karen (May 2003). "'Boy next door' now loving L.A." The Frederick News-Post. Retrieved July 28, 2019...
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  • 1939, was sent there, and subsequently described his experiences in Borstal Boy. A major expansion took place in 1982 with the opening of Warren Hill...
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  • | Britain's 'secret war'". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2024. "Borstal Boy". Irish Film Institute. Retrieved 22 March 2024. Brendan Behan, as a...
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    2000 The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire Pterano Voice Borstal Boy Joyce A Monkey's Tale Lankoo King Voice 2001 Megiddo: The Omega Code...
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    Retrieved May 21, 2017. Brendan Behan, Irish writer and playwright, Borstal Boy. FileRoom.org. Retrieved on 2010-05-09. Clarke, Tracey (September 11...
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    and Roll Show Women at Work Are You Havin' a Laugh? Borstal Boy Playwright: Frank McMahon "Borstal Boy" was written by Brendan Behan Every Inch of Her (Big...
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    theatrical industry. Among the longer runs in this era were the 1970 play Borstal Boy and the 1976 play Your Arms Too Short to Box with God. Phoenix also hosted...
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