A fascinating new recording has just been released by German label ECM. Stirrings Still comprises a recitation of Beckett’s late prose piece, read by Paul Griffiths, with an original score created by composer Trevor Bača and perfromed by the JACK Quartet. The score, we are told, ‘is no accompaniment but rather a parallel stream, heard…
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The third iteration of the Beckett biennial festival takes place in Liverpool later in the month. Originated by Enniskillen actor Adrian Dunbar in association with Unreal Cities and the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Irish Studies, the varied programme includes lectures, performances, films, and discussions centred on the author’s work and life. This year’s event…
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The Samuel Beckett Working Group has just announced its call for papers at next year’s International Federation for Theatre Research annual conference which will take place at the University of the Peloponnese in Nafplion, Greece. The overall theme of the conference is ‘Hybridity’ while the Beckett Working Group has titled its contribution as ‘Hybrid Beckettian…
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Over the past couple of years, the city of Los Angeles has become a fertile ground for all things Beckett. The latest addition to the growing list of events and performances takes place in September in the form of a newly devised piece based on Company and which has been developed over a number of…
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The Kilkenny Arts Festival presents another landmark in Gare St Lazare Ireland’s engagement with Samuel Beckett. The Last Tape is Romanian composer Marcel Mihalovici’s operatic collaboration with the Irish author. This production offers a rare opportunity to encounter one of Beckett’s few opera collaborations for its Irish premiere in a new hybrid version melding the opera and the original play.…
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The long-awaited publication of Beckett’s German Diaries is scheduled for 20 August. The German Diaries represent the last significant unpublished writings by Beckett. They provide insights into the evolution of Beckett’s aesthetics in his critical confrontation with literature and visual art. But also into the motivations behind his decision to embark upon this trip. They…
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The death has taken place of leading Beckett scholar Charles Krance on 28 July last at his home in Ruisse, France. A pioneer in the area of genetic scholarship in Beckett Studies, he taught at the University of Chicago from 1969 to 1994, specialising in twentieth-century French Literature (and in particular Louis-Ferdinand Céline and Beckett),…
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Galina Kiryushina and Pim Verhulst have published a call for papers for a special issue of Samuel Beckett Today / Aujourd’hui titled ‘Broadcasting Beckett Across Borders’ which they are planning as guest editors. Over the past decade, Beckett’s exploration of technological media has attracted much interest, with essay collections such as Samuel Beckett and BBC…
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An interesting roundtable event has been announced around the subject of Beckett and Cyprus. The event will be hosted at the Centre of Visual Arts and Research in Nicosia and will co-organised by the Centre’s Collections manager Holly Kunst and international Beckett scholar Swati Joshi. Planning for the event is ongoing but the organisers have…
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The Samuel Beckett Early Career Scholars Initiative has just announced its latest webinar. Titled “Getting known: Publishing in Beckett Studies”, the session will share ideas on aspects of getting published in the discipline. An attractive list of experience speakers will include: Dr. Amanda Dennis (The American University of Paris), Book Reviews Editor, The Beckett Review Dr.…
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