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…

A video experiment Simon Larsen has kindly drawn my attention to this experimental video animation, based on an extract from Samuel Beckett’s Malone Dies. It is a test by Austrian/American artist Daniel Domig, who is developing a series of works based on Beckett’s Texts for Nothing. The spoken word element of the video is provided…

New members-area soon to be introduced The Spring issue of The Beckett Circle is on its way. We’re putting together a members section of our website, and when we’re done, we’ll let you know all about it! Thank you for your patience, and look forward to showing you the new issue!