All members of the Samuel Beckett Society are reminded that the deadline for responses to the President’s initiative on the Society’s mission statement and code of conduct is next Monday 15 January. The president of the Samuel Beckett Society, Patrick Bixby, has written to all members iniviting their comments and observations in relation to two…
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The 2024 Modern Language Association convention will be held in Philadelphia later this week. The Samuel Beckett Society’s panel is scheduled for 8:30 am on Saturday 6 January, 2024 at the Marriot Grand Hotel. What promises to be a hugely rich session session will be chaired by president Patrick Bixby and is titled Beckett, Aesthetics,…
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The president of the Samuel Beckett Society, Patrick Bixby, has written to all members iniviting their comments and observations in relation to two new initiatives. The text reads as follows: ‘To guide our organization into the future, the executive committee have undertaken to draft – for the first time – a mission statement and a code of conduct.…
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The Call for Papers has been announced for the Samuel Beckett Working Group at the International Federation for Theatre Research annual conference which will take place in Manila, The Philippines, 15th-19th July 2024. Under the rubric Samuel Beckett, Tragedy and Catastrophe: From the Modern Stage to Contemporary Performance the full details of the call are…
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Beckett and Justice, Cal State LA, June 6-8 2024 In the wake of the highly successful 8th Annual Conference of the Samuel Beckett Society, a reminder that the closing date for submissions for next year’s Annual Conference, Beckett and Justice, is next Friday, 8 December. Abstracts should be sent to beckettandjustice@gmail.com. As previously announced, the…
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From next Sunday, 3 December, a film adaptation of Not I by Joe Pietrolpaolo will be available to stream free of charge, courtesy of the director in conjunction with Georges Borchardt Inc., on behalf of the Samuel Beckett Estate. The film is based on a production of the play which was mounted in November 2022…
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Final details have been announced for Beckett’s Environments, the 8th annual conference of the Samuel Beckett Society. The event will take place online on 1-2 December with participation and attendance free of charge to all current Society members. Registration is now open at this link. Non-members should join first by folllowing this link. The final…
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The annual Beckett International Foundation Research Seminar will take place on Saturday 4 November at the Minghella Building on Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading. As always, the line-up consists of papers from four specially invited speakers, with ample time allowed for discussion and chat. This years speakers are Elizabeth Barry, Xander Ryan, Hannah Simpson and…
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The death has taken place of Michael Gambon, the well-known screen and stage actor. Born in Dublin in 1940, making his professional debut in the city’s Gate Theatre at the age of 24, Gambon took part in a number of significant Beckett productions over the years. In 2006, he was directed by Atom Egoyan in…
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As we announced last month, the team at The Letters of Samuel Beckett at Emory University have inaugurated a fully interactive index to those Beckett letters which are held in public archives. Titled CHERCHER, this facility will be of enormous help to scholars of all types as they undertake their research. Following the official launch…
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