OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Janet Behan 

• Synopsis

  It’s Sixties New York, in that legendary bohemian bolt hole, The Chelsea Hotel. Arthur Miller is just across the hall, the sound of Ornette Coleman is drifting down from the penthouse and the symphony of 24th Street is rising up and in through the open window of Brendan Behan’s room…

  He’s broke, hung over and way past the delivery date of his latest book, the first line of which he has yet to write. He was told to stop drinking or he’d be dead in six months – that was two years ago…

   

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  10

• Female

  4

• Total

  14

• Cast Notes

  The original production featured cast doubling.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  15 January 2008

• Production Notes

  Produced by Arts Ireland and the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith.

• Venue Notes

  First performed at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith.

• Irish Premiere Notes

  'Brendan at the Chelsea' received its Irish premiere at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, on the 21st of May 2011, starring and directed by Adrian Dunbar.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the company website.