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Janet Behan (22 July 1954) is an English-Irish writer and actress. [1]
Janet Behan | |
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| Born | 22 July 1954 London, England |
| Relatives | Brian Behan (father) |
Janet Behan (22 July 1954) is an English-Irish writer and actress. [1]
Behan was born in London, the daughter of an Irish father Brian Behan and an English mother Celia Behan. Her father was a playwright, the great-nephew of the songwriter Peadar Kearney (author of Amhrán na bhFiann, the Irish national anthem), and brother of the writers Brendan Behan and Dominic Behan. [2] Her husband is the television director Dermot Boyd. Her siblings include journalist Rosemary Behan, [3] writer and musician Ruth Behan, [4] and poet Daniel Tobias Behan. [5]
Behan trained first as an actress at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and appeared in numerous plays and on television, including a role in Eastenders and productions at the National Theatre. [6] [7]
In 2011, her play Brendan At The Chelsea was produced at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, with Adrian Dunbar starring. The production went on to tour New York and Dublin, to critical acclaim. [8] [9] [10]
The play was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2014, and Behan appeared in an RTE television documentary 'Brendan Behan - The Roaring Boy', alongside Adrian Dunbar. [11] [12] [13]
In 2016, Behan premiered her new one-woman play 'Realtine / Noreen' at the Camden Fringe, Tristan Bates theatre. [14]
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