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The theatre company in the story says this: “Fuck. The. Estate.” I don’t know if I myself would make so bold a statement, but ...
This is adapted from a talk at the Trocchi at 100 event in the Kelvinhall Glasgow organised by the Department of Scottish ...
These works are known for their experimental style, complex themes, and exploration of the limits of language. Beckett was also a prolific writer of poetry, essays, and short stories.
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter reunited at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8, and teased their 'Waiting for Godot' reunion ...
For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to A Single Word, by Peter Cunningham above. The less said about Samuel Beckett, the better. I mean this as the highest compliment.
On April 13th, Samuel Beckett ’s birthday – he was born in 1906 – an (extremely) early-bird booking portal will open to allow far-sighted theatregoers to reserve places at two groundbreaking ...
Easter event inspired by Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece to take place in Enniskillen Holy Week event brings together writers and artists from Ireland and Great Britain in unique free celebration ...
Samuel Beckett's plays challenged the norm in the mid-20th century, so it's fitting that a director who champions new writers should open the Adelaide Festival with his major work, Krapp's Last Tape.
If Samuel Beckett wrote ‘Groundhog Day,’ you might get this Danish novel The first two books of “On the Calculation of Volume,” by Solvej Balle, a commercial and critical success in ...
Beckett’s novel Mercier and Camier – written just after the second World War but not published until 1970 – captures this too: A road still carriageable climbs over the high moorland.
Director James Marsh's film on the life of Samuel Beckett, starring Gabriel Byrne and written by Neil Forsyth, infuses surrealism into a conventional format.