As part of the Samuel Beckett: The German Room exhibition currently ongoing at the University of Regensburg in Germany, a one-day conference will take place on January 19 2026 featuring contributions from a fascinating group of noted scholars and practitioners. Taking part in the proceedings will be: Prof. Dr. Oliver Lubrich (University of Bern): ‘What…
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The full programme has been announced for ‘All that left me cold, or nearly’: Decoding Colding in Beckett by seminar organiser Swati Joshi. This is the second in the the Grey Pluralities in Beckett Series which is presented in association with the Samuel Beckett Society. The full lineup is as follows: Mark Byron (University of…
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The Beckett International Foundation has just announced that the 35th annual BIF Seminar will take place at the Minghella Studios, the University of Reading, on 1 November 2025. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Beckett’s production of Warten auf Godot at the Schiller-Theater in Berlin in 1975, Walter Asmus, who assisted Beckett on this production, will join the conference for a…
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A fascinating new publication from Methuen which will be of interest to all Beckettians is to be launched later this month. The final book from late and hugely respected scholar Ruby Cohn, this volume is co-edited by current renowned Beckett scholars Daniela Caselli and Hannah Simpson. Titled Glancing at Dramatists’ Dialogue: From Shakespeare to Suzan-Lori…
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A Spanish language seminar on all things Beckett has just been announced which will be coordinated by renowned scholars Luz María Sánchez Cardona (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), José Francisco Fernández (Universidad de Almería) y Lucas Margarit (Universidad de Buenos Aires – Revista Beckettiana). Titled Seminario Vértice SB and running from October to next July, the series…
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The recently published Beckett and Medicine (Cambridge University Press) will receive its official launch next month. This online event will celebrate the publication of Ulrika Maude’s groundbreaking new book with responses from Doug Battersby, Molly Crozier, and Andre Furlani. Samuel Beckett and Medicine offers the first sustained analysis of the author’s abiding interest in medicine and…
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This September sees the opening of an exhibition, lecture series and public performances marking Samuel Beckett’s long-standing and important engagement with Germany, the German language and German culture. The event takes its title ‘The German Room’ from the early story ‘Dante and the Lobster’, where – after describing the location of the “French room” in…
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Bloomsbury have just announced the publication of Not Beckett: The Plays, collecting the five pieces which constituted the extraordinary project that ran for the past two years. Encompassing performances in six different locations across the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States, Not Beckett had as its stated aim ‘to further explore the artistic influence…
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The 25th annual celebration of Samuel Beckett in Roussillon, the town where he spent so much of his time during the war and which had such an impact on his work, takes place from 26-30 July. The festival comprises an expanded and promising programme of performance and lectures from leading international interpreters of his work,…
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Following on from the highly acclaimed and hugely successful Laethanta Sona, the Irish language translation of Happy Days, which was performed on Inis Oírr, the Aran Islands in the Summer of 2023, Company SJ returns to the west of Ireland to perform Beckett in Irish this July. Directed once again by Sarah Jane Scaife, who…
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