Author Topic: Brendan Behan  (Read 913 times)

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Brendan Behan
« on: March 20, 2017, 09:53:29 PM »
53 years ago but still as powerful

http://www.azquotes.com/quote/652026

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Re: Brendan Behan
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2017, 12:06:34 PM »
Indeed, Nearly. I remember going to see a performance of 'The Quare Fellow' and I found it a powerful and hard hitting exposition of prison life, a sort of dark rendition of 'Porridge'.
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Re: Brendan Behan
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2017, 10:48:34 AM »
Was it Brendan who, when talking about booze, said "For me, one's too many, and a dozen is not enough"?

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Re: Brendan Behan
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2017, 10:59:53 AM »
Was it Brendan who, when talking about booze, said "For me, one's too many, and a dozen is not enough"?
think it is a thousand rather than a dozen. But one of his many including 'Alcohol is man's worst enemy, but the bible tells you to love your enemy'

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Re: Brendan Behan
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2017, 11:40:04 AM »
Never heard of him. Reminds of Lenny Bruce for some reason.
Ah, but I was so much older then ... I'm younger than that now