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According to a strict notation on the schedule, Brendan Behan, the Borstal boy, was due at the Players at I p.m. to account to the New York Times for his rowdy play, The Hostage, and his considered view of life.
‘Behan Boxes the Conversational Compass: From People to Plays to Bar Mitzvahs’, New York Times, 9 Dec i960, p. 28.
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Atkinson, B. (1982). Behan Boxes the Conversational Compass. In: Mikhail, E.H. (eds) Brendan Behan. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06016-0_6
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