MERL, University of Reading · 28-29 October 2015 Beckett and Europe28th – 29th October 2015 – MERL, University of ReadingAbstract Deadline: 8th June 2015Keynote Speaker: Dr David Tucker (Chester University) The Beckett at Reading Postgraduate group is pleased to announce a new postgraduate and Early Careers two-day conference with the theme of Beckett and Europe.…
Read MoreStaging Beckett: Constructing Performance Histories
University of Reading · Inaugural Conference, 4-5 April 2014 4-5 April 2014, Minghella Building, University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus.ONLINE BOOKING IS NOW AVAILABLE. Staging Beckett’s Inaugural Conference on 4th – 5th April 2014 will focus on the history, documentation and analysis of Beckett’s theatre in performance in the UK, Ireland and internationally. Staging Beckett: The…
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 MoreJames Knowlson on the Murphy Manuscripts
Professor Knowlson reflects on the significance of Reading’s recent acquisition
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 MoreBeckett at Reading 2013: An International Conference
Celebrating 25 years of the Beckett International Foundation Beckett at Reading 2013Minghella BuildingThe University of Reading4-7 April 2013 Celebrating 25 years of the Beckett International FoundationOrganised by the departments of English Literature, Art, and Film, Theatre and Television In 1988, with the support of Samuel Beckett, James Knowlson established the Beckett International Foundation as a…
Read MoreBeckett at Reading 2013 – Conference (4-7 April 2013)
25th Anniversary of the Beckett International Foundation As part of a range of activities taking place across 2013 to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Beckett International Foundation, the Departments of Film, Theatre and Television and English Literature are hosting a four-day International Beckett Conference, which will take place in the Minghella Building at the…
Read MoreBook Reviews
Recent Publications Jennifer Jeffers, Beckett’s Masculinity. Houndsmill: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. 216pp. £54. $84. Jennifer Jeffers’ book represents an important first attempt to study Beckett’s masculinity in a sustained manner, and joins a growing number of publications addressing Irish masculinities. Joe Valente’s recent The Myth of Manliness in Irish National Culture (2011) has set the bar…
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The Samuel Beckett Society 