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 ...
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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)
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Add this copy of The Hostage (Modern Plays) to cart. $3.72, very good condition, Sold by Zardoz Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Westbury, WILTS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1959 by Methuen young books.
Add this copy of The Hostage to cart. $9.27, poor condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1962 by Methuen & Co.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 200grams, ISBN: 9780413311900.
Add this copy of The Hostage to cart. $10.95, very good condition, Sold by Cape Cod Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from SOUTH YARMOUTH, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1964 by Methuen & Co.
Add this copy of The Hostage to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by Longhouse, Pub. & Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West Brattleboro, VT, UNITED STATES, published by Metheun, 1965.
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Very good reading wraps with clean text. Neat owner's name to the opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text. Cover photograph from the stage production of the play. Back cover with fine photograph of the playwright holding a rifle.
Add this copy of The Hostage (Modern Plays) to cart. $13.39, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Diamond rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by Methuen Pub Ltd.
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