The hostage
Author:
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language:
English
Description
An essential text in the development of modern British drama
First staged by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop company at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London, in 1958, The Hostage is a play about a Cockney soldier held as a hostage in a Dublin lodging house in exchange for an IRA man who is to be hanged in Belfast. Civic Guards accidentally shoot him in a raid on the house. It is a witty and often profound comment on Anglo-Irish relationships and on the Irish themselves. This is Behan's best-known and most popular play and a classic of the modern stage.A magnificent entertainment which "crowds in tragedy and comedy, bitterness and love, caricature and portrayal, ribaldry and eloquence, patriotism and cynicism..." (Harold Hobson, The Times)
First staged by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop company at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London, in 1958, The Hostage is a play about a Cockney soldier held as a hostage in a Dublin lodging house in exchange for an IRA man who is to be hanged in Belfast. Civic Guards accidentally shoot him in a raid on the house. It is a witty and often profound comment on Anglo-Irish relationships and on the Irish themselves. This is Behan's best-known and most popular play and a classic of the modern stage.A magnificent entertainment which "crowds in tragedy and comedy, bitterness and love, caricature and portrayal, ribaldry and eloquence, patriotism and cynicism..." (Harold Hobson, The Times)
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
More Details
ISBN:
9781474225786
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 7158c4ad-9fd0-2009-3225-b6cce1354b36 |
---|---|
Grouping Title | hostage |
Grouping Author | brendan behan |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-25 02:10:18AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-25 02:27:00AM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Behan, Brendan
author_display
Behan, Brendan
available_at_catalog
Central
detailed_location_catalog
Central
display_description
An essential text in the development of modern British drama
First staged by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop company at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London, in 1958, The Hostage is a play about a Cockney soldier held as a hostage in a Dublin lodging house in exchange for an IRA man who is to be hanged in Belfast. Civic Guards accidentally shoot him in a raid on the house. It is a witty and often profound comment on Anglo-Irish relationships and on the Irish themselves. This is Behan's best-known and most popular play and a classic of the modern stage.A magnificent entertainment which "crowds in tragedy and comedy, bitterness and love, caricature and portrayal, ribaldry and eloquence, patriotism and cynicism..." (Harold Hobson, The Times)
First staged by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop company at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London, in 1958, The Hostage is a play about a Cockney soldier held as a hostage in a Dublin lodging house in exchange for an IRA man who is to be hanged in Belfast. Civic Guards accidentally shoot him in a raid on the house. It is a witty and often profound comment on Anglo-Irish relationships and on the Irish themselves. This is Behan's best-known and most popular play and a classic of the modern stage.A magnificent entertainment which "crowds in tragedy and comedy, bitterness and love, caricature and portrayal, ribaldry and eloquence, patriotism and cynicism..." (Harold Hobson, The Times)
format_catalog
Book
eBook
eBook
format_category_catalog
Books
eBook
eBook
id
7158c4ad-9fd0-2009-3225-b6cce1354b36
isbn
9781474225786
itype_catalog
Adult Book Non-Fiction
last_indexed
2024-04-25T09:27:00.735Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Fiction
literary_form_full
Unknown
local_callnumber_catalog
822 B419
owning_library_catalog
Sacramento Public Library
owning_location_catalog
Central
primary_isbn
9781474225786
publishDate
1958
2014
2014
publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Grove Press
Grove Press
recordtype
grouped_work
title_display
The hostage
title_full
The Hostage
The hostage Behan, Brendan.
The hostage Behan, Brendan.
title_short
The hostage
topic_facet
Drama
Fiction
Fiction
Solr Details Tables
item_details
Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Loc | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:baed2128-c58c-44a8-89af-8adc5e841ae1 | -2 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eBook | eBook | 1 | false | true | OverDrive | Available Online | |||
ils:.b10762450 | .i11797393 | Central | 822 B419 | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | cenag |
record_details
Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:baed2128-c58c-44a8-89af-8adc5e841ae1 | eBook | eBook | English | Bloomsbury Publishing | 2014 | |||
ils:.b10762450 | Book | Books | English | Grove Press | 1958 |
scoping_details_catalog
Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:baed2128-c58c-44a8-89af-8adc5e841ae1 | -2 | Available Online | Available Online | false | true | true | false | false | false | |||
ils:.b10762450 | .i11797393 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | true | false | true | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 | 11 |