Beyond the Pale

Beyond the pale is a figure of speech that means "behaviour beyond the boundary of acceptability".

It may also refer to:

Literature

• Beyond the Pale (book), a 1998 novel in the Last Rune series by Mark Anthony
• Beyond the Pale Publications, a company in Northern Ireland
• "Beyond the Pale", a short story by Rudyard Kipling, collected in the 1888 collection Plain Tales from the Hills
• Beyond the Pale, a 1997 novel by Elana Dykewomon

Music

• Beyond the Pale (band), a Canadian klezmer and folk music band
• Beyond the Pale (Brave Old World album), 1994
• Beyond the Pale (Fiona album), 1986
• Beyond the Pale (Jarv Is album), 2020
• Beyond the Pale, an album by The Dark Poets, 2008
• Beyond the Pale, an album by X-Fusion, 2004
• "Beyond the Pale", a song by Kerry Livgren/AD from the 1984 album Time Line
• "Beyond the Pale", a song by Big Audio Dynamite from the 1986 album No. 10, Upping St.
• "Beyond the Pale", a song by Pain of Salvation from the 2002 album Remedy Lane
• "Beyond the Pale", a song by Exodus from the 2010 album Exhibit B: The Human Condition
• "Beyond the Pale", a song by The Mission from the 1988 album Children
• "Beyond the Pale", a song by Mudvayne from the 2009 eponymous album
• "Beyond the Pale", a song by Machine Head from the 2018 album Catharsis
• "Beyond the Pale", a song by Procol Harum from the 1974 album Exotic Birds and Fruit

Other uses

• Beyond the Pale (1989 film), a British television film by William Trevor in the anthology series ScreenPlay
• Beyond the Pale (radio program), a radio program about Jewish culture and politics
• Beyond the Pale (film), a 1999 film directed by George Bazala
• Beyond the Pale (Jim Gaffigan album), a 2006 comedy album

See also

• Tales From Beyond the Pale, a horror podcast
• The Pale: generically, the medieval English settlement in Ireland, centred on Dublin; more specifically, the palisade defending it from the Irish. This is the origin of the expression.