[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-570951-105":59,"doc-detail-570951-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","the-hostage-book-with-cast-and-publication-details","The Hostage - Book - With Cast and Publication Details","","The Hostage by Brendan Behan is a stage play centered on a young Cockney soldier taken hostage in a Dublin lodging-house by an I.R.A. figure scheduled for execution in Belfast. During a raid by Civic Guards, the soldier is accidentally shot, setting up a sharply observed, often witty commentary on Anglo-Irish relations and Irish society. The text includes publication and presentation information, production copyright notes, and a detailed cast list.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":10,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/story-novel/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-hostage-book-with-cast-and-publication-details/570951/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/the-hostage-book-with-cast-and-publication-details/570951.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Rainbow Cat","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-14","2026-10-13",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":8},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What is the central premise of The Hostage?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"A young Cockney soldier is held hostage in a Dublin lodging-house by an I.R.A. man, but he is accidentally shot during a raid by Civic Guards.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How does the play reflect themes beyond the plot?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"It offers commentary on Anglo-Irish relations and on the Irish themselves, combining wit with profound observation and entertainment value.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What production and cast information does the document include?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"It provides copyright and rights inquiry notes, the first presentation date and venue, and a full cast list naming the principal characters and performers.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},570951,1791972491,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":8,"category_name":10,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":8,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145},962090769181,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_6f874abed73319feea01a86fa6f0fab8","Brendan BehanTHE HOSTAGE  \nThe Hostage  \nBRENDAN BEHAN  \nNo play in recent years has been more dis-cussed and praised than Brendan Behan'sTHE HOSTAGE.In The Observer KennethTynan said:'Inchoate and naive as it often is,this is a prophetic and joyously exciting even-ing.It seems to be Ireland’s function,every20 years or so,to provide a playwright whowill kick English drama from the past into thepresent.Mr Behan may well fill the placevacated by Sean O'Casey.'Harold Hobson inThe Sunday Times was even more laudatory:'What I do know is that it made on me theimpression of a masterpiece....A master-piece should have magnanimity,and MrBehan's portrait of the young English soldieris magnanimous indeed.Above all,it shouldhave life,and should have it more abundantly.Life is what THE HOSTAGE is rich in;itshouts,sings,thunders and stamps with life....The Irish,the southern Irish,the I.R.A.Irish have found in Mr Behan a dramatist inthe line of O'Casey.They should treasure himand be proud of him.'  \nRY  \nThe play is about a young Cockney soldierwho,held as a hostage in a Dublin lodging-house for an I.R.A.man who is to be hangedin Belfast,is accidentally shot in a raid on thehouse by Civic Guards.As well as being awitty and often profound comment on Anglo-Irish relations and on the Irish themselves,the play is also a magnificent entertainmentwhich is full of rollicking comedy diversifiedwith ballads,satirical songs and dancing.  \nThe photograph reproduced on the front of thejacket is of Murray Melvin as the Soldier;thaton the back shozus Brendan Behan on the stageof the Theatre Royal,Stratford,London.Bothare by courtesy of Black Star,London  \nIOS 6d net  \n# LANCASHIRE COUNTY LIBRARY\n\nThis book must be returned on or before the date marked below  \n\n|  |  | 921   | 95   |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 27.NU6.1360   |  |  |  |\n| 9  \u003Cbr>6  \u003Cbr>Cee忆   |  | 5  \u003Cbr>2BFE   | 196   |\n|  | STkomhc   | R   |  |\n| 111  \u003Cbr>sEP  \u003Cbr>14   | 27.10   | 19N   | 1368   |\n|  | 5 NOV 19   | 66  \u003Cbr>1   | B 1970   |\n| 24.JAN.1961   |  |  |  |\n| MA   |  | 7.MAY 1971   |  |\n| CLASS L   | DAN   | P   |  |\n| 17 LPQ 1962   |  | 155   | 1971   |\n| 11AR   |  | p  \u003Cbr>1819/   | O  \u003Cbr>7102   |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  | ZN   | LO   |\n|  |  |  |  |\n\nPlease tell the Librarian if you have changed your address  \nCOUNTY LIBRARY,PRESTON.Phone 4868  \nhttps://archive.org/details/hostage0000unse_j7u1  \n# The Hostage\n\nBy the same Author  \n★  \nTHE QUARE FELLOW  \n★  \nBORSTAL BOY  \n# The Hostage\n\nbyBrendan Behan  \nLONDON  \nMETHUEN &CO LTD  \n36 ESSEX STREET·STRAND·WC₂  \nFirst published in 1958  \n1958 by Theatre Workshop  \nThis play is fully protected by copyright.All inquiries concern-ing performing rights,professional or amateur,should bedirected to Theatre Workshop,Theatre Royal,Stratford,London,E.15.  \nCatalogue Number 6138/u  \nPrinted in Great Britainby W.&J.Mackay &Co Ltd,Fair Row,Chatham  \n“The Hostage”was first presented by Theatre Workshop atthe Theatre Royal,Stratford,London,E.15,on 14th October,1958,with the following cast:  \nPAT,the caretaker ofa lodging-houseHoward GoorneyMEG DILLONAvis BunnageMONSEWER,the owner of the houseGlynn EdwardsCOLETTELeila GreenwoodBOBOAnnette RobertsonPRINCESS GRACEDudley SuttonRIO RITARoy BarnettMR.MULLEADYRobin ChapmanMISS GILCHRIST,a social workerEileen KennallyLESLIE,a British soldierMurray MelvinTERESA,a country girlCelia Salkeld  \nI.R.A.OFFICERJames BoothVOLUNTEERClive BarkerSAILORS,WHORES,POLICEMEN,ETC.  \nThe play produced by Joan Littlewood","cbCaij2nRyzDwblA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij2nRyzDwblA","pdf",4229051,108,"English","# The Hostage\n## Overview and reception\n## Plot summary\n## Publication and presentation details\n## Cast list","[{\"question\":\"What is the central premise of The Hostage?\",\"answer\":\"A young Cockney soldier is held hostage in a Dublin lodging-house by an I.R.A. man, but he is accidentally shot during a raid by Civic Guards.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the play reflect themes beyond the plot?\",\"answer\":\"It offers commentary on Anglo-Irish relations and on the Irish themselves, combining wit with profound observation and entertainment value.\"},{\"question\":\"What production and cast information does the document include?\",\"answer\":\"It provides copyright and rights inquiry notes, the first presentation date and venue, and a full cast list naming the principal characters and performers.\"}]","The Hostage - Book - With Cast and Publication Details | PDF",1791883985,166]