Still time to catch Not I/Footfalls/Rockaby in London’s West End The Telegraph Lisa Dwan performs in Becket’s late plays. Photo: Alastair Muir From Charles Spencer (The Telegraph): When I was younger, I intensely disliked Samuel Beckett. I found his gloom oppressive and the ambiguity of his writing frustrating. These days however I hang on to…
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A new collection of essays edited by Mary Bryden Beckett and Animals, ed. Mary Bryden Beckett and AnimalsEdited by Mary BrydenUniversity of Reading 20% discount if ordered before 28 February 2014Order online at http://www.cambridge.org/beckett14or enter the discount code beckett14 at the checkout The animals that appear in Samuel Beckett’s work are diverse and unpredictable. They…
Read MoreMLA Convention: Chicago, 2014
An announcement from the Samuel Beckett Society Dear Friends and Colleagues For those of you who will be travelling to the pleasant climate of Chicago to attend the MLA Convention next week (9-12 January), may I draw your attention to the two panels organised by the Samuel Beckett Society: Samuel Beckett’s Fiction and the Vulnerability…
Read MoreSamuel Beckett and Quietism
John Gallagher talks to Andy Wimbush [Source] via apieceofmonologue.com
Read MoreSamuel Beckett Working Group: Warwick 2014
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…
Read MoreStaging Beckett: Constructing Performance Histories
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,…
Read MoreNotFilm: New Documentary on Samuel Beckett’s Film
Milestone Film production aims to shed light on Samuel Beckett’s only motion picture //player.vimeo.com/video/71237012?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0 A press release from IndieGoGo: Documentary will reveal for the first time the rediscovered missing first scene of Samuel Beckett’s FILM and a long-forgotten sound recording featuring Beckett himself. The first-ever Milestone Film production, directed by well-known filmmaker/archivist Ross Lipman. In…
Read MoreSteve Gough, Godot
Waterloo East Theatre, London · 29 October – 27 November 2013 From Waterloo East Theatre: With Nicolaus Mackie and Charlie SyerDirection: Ilmar Taska, Gill Taylor Sixty years ago Samuel Beckett wrote his absurdist theatre classic, ‘Waiting for Godot’. Since then audiences around the world must have wondered what exactly Godot was up to all the…
Read MoreIan McKellen & Patrick Stewart in NYC
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
Read MoreStaging Beckett: Ian Rickson in Conversation
University of Reading · 3 October 2013 Ian Rickson Staging Beckett: Ian Rickson in conversation with Mark Taylor-BattyThe Minghella Building, University of Reading, Whiteknights campus, Reading.Thursday 3 October 7.30pm. Doors open 6.30pm.Followed by wine reception. The University of Reading, the Staging Beckett project, and the Beckett International Foundation are delighted to present a conversation with…
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