University of Warwick · 28 July – 1 August, 2014 Samuel Beckett in London, taking a break with the San Quentin Drama Workshop. Left to right: David Hare, Alan Mandell, Samuel Beckett and friend. ‘Call for Papers’Samuel Beckett Working GroupUniversity of Warwick28 July – 1 August, 2014 The Samuel Beckett Working Group (SBWG) will be…

Academic Conference · University of Reading, 4-5 April 2014 Design: Rhys Tranter. Photograph: Reg Lancaster/Getty Images From the University of Reading: Staging Beckett: Constructing Performance HistoriesMinghella Building, University of Reading, 4-5 April 2014Call for Papers Staging Beckett is a three year research collaboration between the universities of Chester, Reading, and the Victoria & Albert Museum,…

Ian McKellen (Estragon) and Patrick Stewart (Vladimir) take time off in New York City Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, wearing the familiar Beckettian bowlers via Ian McKellen’s Twitter page

Rare photograph from the BBC radio production of Eh Joe Siân Phillips and Samuel Beckett. Photograph: Michael Peto via babylonwales.blogspot.co.uk

Benedict Nightingale reevaluates the Nobel Prize winning dramatist Samuel Beckett. Steve Schapiro / Corbis From The Times (link via Lisa Dwan): ‘New productions of the playwright’s work force a reassessment in which some compare him with Bach and Mozart’ [Read More]

Benedict Nightingale (The Times) lists his favourites Billie Whitelaw, pictured with Beckett. John Haynes/AP From The Times (link via Lisa Dwan): ‘They may be short but they’re powerful: the most memorable performances of the work of Samuel Beckett’ [Read More]

Notebook containing an early French draft of The Lost Ones posted by Washington University Manuscript page of Samuel Beckett’s Le dépeupleur Images via Washington University. via apieceofmonologue.com

An announcement from the Beckett International Foundation Dear Friends and Colleagues As many of you will have heard, the University of Reading has acquired Samuel Beckett’s six Murphy notebooks at Sotheby’s last week. We are, needless to say, absolutely thrilled that the notebooks are coming to the Beckett Collection in Reading, and that they will…

Unique set of sculptures by Fermanagh artist Alan Milligan Alan Milligan’s chess set, based on the works of Samuel Beckett From the Fermanagh Herald: The world premiere of the Beckett Chess set by artist Alan Milligan, finished up this week. The exhibition ran from Saturday June 15, until Friday June 21 at the old regal…