The Beckett Brunch, originally the brainchild of the wonderful Dúnlaith Bird, returns to Dublin on Saturday 18 April. Its current iteration, organised by Céline Thobois Gupta, is titled Beckett, Travel and Archive will present a number of panels in a relaxed setting. As well as the stimulating discussion, the organisers promise tea, coffee, croissants, scones and pretzels!
The programme is as follows:
PANEL – 10.15 Beckett’s Trips to Germany: a View from the Archive
A celebration of the 90th anniversary of Beckett’s departure to Germany with GALINA KIRYUSHINA and MARK NIXON
ROUNDTABLE – 11.15 Beckettian Travels into Personal Archives in Ussy-sur-Marne
A celebration of the 100th anniversary of Beckett’s First Trip to France with JANE MAXWELL, LOUIS MUSNIER, and CÉLINE THOBOIS-GUPTA
PERFORMANCE & PANEL – 12.05 “Beckett Beyond:” Pedagogical Archival Explorations
A celebration of the 100th anniversary of Beckett’s Foundation Scholarship in Trinity College Dublin with HELEN BRADLEY, SARAH COLLET, MAGGIE MASTERSON, LILLIAN MOONEY and FINDUS SCHEUERLING
READING – 13.10
An ensemble reading of Beckett’s 1936 never-before-performed fragment “Mittelalterliches Dreieck / Medieval Triangle,” read in German, English and French, presented by the SAMUEL BECKETT LABORATORY
Entry is open to all and is free of charge, however reservations must be made in advance at this link.
The Samuel Beckett Society 