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]
Read MoreManuscript Notebook: Le dépeupleur
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
Read MoreWaiting for Godot: Yiddish Premiere
Godot is coming! !גאָדאָ קומט 20 September – 13 OctoberFridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PMSundays at 2 PM Yiddish brings into Beckett’s text a special historical and cultural poignancy, that of the homeless survivor whose only home is his language and his culture; a language and culture in which tears of laughter and tears of…
Read MoreWaiting for Godot: Dublin Theatre Festival 2013
Gaiety Theatre · 2 October – 6 October From Dublin Theatre Festival 2013: ‘…at this place, at this moment in time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not.’ On a country road towards the end of day two friends wait for a man named Godot to arrive. Their comical efforts to pass…
Read MoreBiF: Beckett’s Murphy Notebooks
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…
Read MoreJames Knowlson on the Murphy Manuscripts
Professor Knowlson reflects on the significance of Reading’s recent acquisition
Read MoreSamuel Beckett Chess Set
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…
Read MoreLisa Dwan to perform Not I/Footfalls/Rockaby (2014)
Royal Court Theatre · 9-18 January 2014 From Royal Court Theatre (thanks to Julia Séguier for the link): Lisa Dwan returns to the Royal Court Theatre to perform a one-woman Samuel Beckett trilogy after a critically acclaimed sell-out run of his landmark one–woman piece Not I, performed at the Royal Court forty years after the…
Read MoreMurphy Manuscript Acquired at Auction
One of the greatest literary manuscripts of the 20th century acquired by the Beckett International Foundation A page from Samuel Beckett’s Murphy notebooks From the University of Reading: The University of Reading is delighted to announce that it has acquired the working manuscript of Samuel Beckett’s first major work, Murphy, at the cost of £962,500,…
Read MoreSamuel Beckett Series 3: The “dramaticules”
Announcing the third volume of the series A 2005 production of Samuel Beckett’s Footfalls, La Mama Theatre (Source) If the “great plays” are a regular part of the theatrical repertoire, Beckett’s late plays remain little known by non specialists. Thus, this third volume of our Series seeks to highlight the extreme poetic richness of these…
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