In 1954, Behan's first play "The Quare Fellow", was produced in Dublin. It was well received; however, it was the 1956 production at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in Stratford, London, that gained Behan a wider reputation. This was helped by a famous drunken interview on BBC television with Malcolm Muggeridge. In 1958, Behan's play in the Irish language "An Giall" had its debut at Dublin's Damer Theatre. Later, "The Hostage", Behan's English-language adaptation of "An Giall", met with great success internationally. Behan's autobiographical novel, "Borstal Boy", was published the same year and became a worldwide best-seller and by 1955, Behan had married Beatrice ffrench Salkeld, with whom he later had a daughter Blanaid Behan in 1963.