Brendan Behan (known in Irish as Breandán Ó Beacháin) was born in Dublin in 1923. He served in Borstal (juvenile prison) for his activities in the IRA, and his experiences formed the background for his most important work. His plays are The Quare Fellow (Dublin, The Pike Theatre, 1954/London, Theatre Royal, 1956[the famous production by […]
Brendan Graham was born in Co. Tipperary in 1945. His novels are The Whitest Flower (London, HarperCollins, 1998); The Element of Fire (Harper Collins, 2001); and The Brightest Day, The Darkest Night (Harper Collins, 2005). The Whitest Flower was a number 2 bestseller in Ireland, and is translated into German as Die Irische Nacht (Berlin, […]
Thomas McLaughlin was born in Belfast and studied acting at the Portland [Oregon] Conservatory Theatre. His stage plays include Cross-Country (co-author, New York, 1981); Let’s All Go Down to the Strand (Belfast, New Writers Theatre, and Dublin, Project Theatre, 1982); Evening (Belfast, Ulster Poly Theatre, 1983); The New Museum of Panic (co-author, New York, 1983); […]
