Jagged Fence presentsThe Hostage
by Brendan Behan
February 3rd 2010 - February 20th 2010
Show starts: 19.30 (15.00 Saturday matinees)
Running time: 130 mins
Last seen in London 16 years ago, Brendan Behan’s most famous play receives an overdue revival.
It’s 1958. News that a young IRA man has been sentenced to death by the British reaches the whores, sailors, pimps and revolutionaries who reside in a seedy, Dublin boarding house.
In retaliation, the IRA captures a Cockney soldier and brings him to the house. Tension mounts until the execution hour arrives and,with an explosive finale, the hostage’s fate is
decided.
Behan combines sharp dia....read more>>
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