The Quare Fellow

Archive Listings for The Quare Fellow

T810814145 (OXFORD04) 50th Anniversary productionCompany Oxford Stage Company. Director Kathy Burke. Design David Rogers. Lighting Chris Davey. Sound Fergus O'Hare. Music Philip Chevron. Performer Sean Gallagher. Performer Jason Kavanagh. Performer Kieran Cunningham. Performer Tony Rohr. Performer Sean Campion. Performer Nick Danan. Performer Matthew Dunphy. Performer David Ganly. Performer Ciaran McIntyre. Performer Gary Lilburn. Performer Paul Lloyd. Performer Christopher Logan. Performer Gerard Rooney. Performer Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. Performer Patrick Lynch. Performer Jay Simpson. Performer Oengus MacNamara.
25 May 05 to 2 Jul 05	Tricycle Theatre, Inner London :: V250 listing details L034489675
13 Apr 04 to 8 May 04	Tricycle Theatre, Inner London :: V250 listing details L0799996442
6 Apr 04 to 10 Apr 04	Theatre Royal, York :: V954 listing details L0776539186
30 Mar 04 to 3 Apr 04	The Playhouse, Oxford :: V803 listing details L0535561083
23 Mar 04 to 27 Mar 04	Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds :: V76 listing details L01371358157
2 Mar 04 to 6 Mar 04	Citizens Theatre, Glasgow :: V611 listing details L885791677
24 Feb 04 to 28 Feb 04	Coliseum Theatre, Oldham :: V497 listing details L826041115
12 Feb 04 to 21 Feb 04	Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool :: V536 listing details L01843545417

Details

Play :: Based on Behan's own experience of 14 years internment in Mountjoy for his Republican activity, The Quare Fellow is set in an Irish prison and is a subtle condemnation of capital punishment. Described by Behan himself as "a comedy-drama", it has a large ensemble of brightly drawn, colourful characters with vivid dialogue. Its construction is highly original in that the audience never see or hear the condemned man who, in a sense, is the central figure. The Quare Fellow was premiered in Dublin in 1954 and first presented in Britain by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East in 1954. The subsequent six-month West End run of a play with such a sharp political impact at a time when judicial hanging was still practised by the British and Irish governments, was unprecedented.

Author

Brendan Behan