Writing for The Irish Times, Emilie Morin cites Samuel Beckett as a politically active citizen who was concerned with cultural and societal change
Read MoreWhen Alberto Giacometti met Samuel Beckett
Judith Wilkinson has written an interesting account of Samuel Beckett‘s friendship with the Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti. In a recent piece published on the Tate website, she describes how they came to know one another
Read MoreBarry McGovern in “I’ll Go On” at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
When Beckett was asked to name his Book of the Year…
Editor Stig Abell introduces this week’s TLS with an anecdote about Samuel Beckett
Read MoreSamuel Beckett’s Harrowing Family Vigil
John Maguire, writing for The Irish Times
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NYRB reviews Beckett’s Letters (Vol.4)
Fintan O’Toole in The New York Review of Books (November 24, 2016 Issue):
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Samuel Beckett’s Bodies of Water
Call for Papers • Tennessee Philological Association Conference, 23-25 February 2017
Read MoreAstride of a grave and a difficult birth. Down in the hole, lingeringly, the grave digger puts on the forceps. We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries.
— WAITING FOR GODOT
Samuel Beckett’s Dystopias
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), 4-6 November 2016
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Samuel Beckett Featured on BBC’s Artsnight
Available for UK residents to watch online
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