OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Seán Ó Carra  Proinsias Mac Mathúna 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Brendan Behan

• Author Notes

  Aistriúchán a rinne S Ó Carra ar 'The Borstal Boy' agus é curtha in oiriúint don stáitse ag P Mac Mathúna.

• Setting

  Baile Átha Cliath agus Learpholl (1939); Learpholl, Bá Braighdean Hollesley agus Dún Laoghaire(Idir 1939 agus 1941).

• Synopsis

  Brendan Behan was sentenced to three years in Borstal Detention. In his autobiography Borstal Boy, the author gives an account of this period. With 'An Buachaill Braighdeach', the novel is brought to stage. It is not all dark, thanks to the author's wry humour.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  23

• Female

  2

• Total

  25

• Cast Notes

  Is féidir dúbláil a dhéanamh.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  01 December 1976

• Producer

  Produced by An Taibhdhearc

• Original Venue

  An Taibhdhearc
  

Source Of Information

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