The Quare Fellow
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The Quare Fellow is a 1954 stage play by Irish writer Brendan Behan that portrays life and moral ambiguity inside a Dublin prison in the days leading up to a condemned man's execution.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Quare Fellow canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish play
ⓘ
drama ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| adaptedTo | film ⓘ |
| author | Brendan Behan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| dialogueStyle | colloquial ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1954 ⓘ |
| firstPerformedAt | Pike Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | three-act play ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
political drama ⓘ prison drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Quare Fellow (1962 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
governor
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prison warders ⓘ prisoners ⓘ the quare fellow (condemned man) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForce | imminent hanging of a prisoner ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Irish republican experience ⓘ |
| languageVariant | Hiberno-English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Irish modern drama ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | days leading up to an execution ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
blend of dark comedy and tragedy
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use of Irish vernacular speech ⓘ |
| notableProduction | Royal Court Theatre production ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publisherOfText | Methuen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Dublin prison ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | offstage central character (the condemned man) ⓘ |
| subject |
capital punishment
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execution ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ prison life ⓘ |
| theme |
bureaucracy of execution
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critique of the death penalty ⓘ dehumanization in prison ⓘ hypocrisy of authority ⓘ solidarity among prisoners ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
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satirical ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| yearWritten | 1954 ⓘ |
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