From An Gaill to The Hostage and the greatness lost therein Brendan Behan is arguably the most prolific post World War II writer to come from Ireland. A joint American-English audience, expecting another Joyce or Swift eagerly accepted the new author into the world of English theater. A scandalous character, he was known as a wild "angry youth"(Ricks 9), often appearing drunk in public and being arrested for that charge several times while on travels …showed first 75 words of 2891 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2891 total…Gaill are no exception. Works Cited Behan, Brendan. An Gaill/The Hostage. Boston: Catholic University of America Press, 1987. 34-83 Coogan, Tim Pat. The IRA: A History. New York: O'Sullivan Press, 1993. 251 - 456 Behan, Brendan. The Wit of Brendan Behan. London: Frewin Publishers, 1974. 45 Boyle, Ted Eugene Brendan Behan. Boston: Twayne Publishing, 1969. 137 Behan, Dominic My Brother Brendan. Boston: Catholic University of America Press, 1972. 87-92 Ricks, Christopher. "Bee-Keeper" The New York Review of Books 30 July 1964: pp 8-9