Results for: books tagged ‘Beckett’
Samuel Beckett: Faber Critical Guide: John Fletcher
Do you want to know why Beckett has become a figure of such continuing influence and importance in the theatre? Are you studying his plays and looking for help with ... More
How it Was: Anne Atik
Anne Atik and her husband, the distinguished Israeli painter Avigdor Arika, were part of Samuel Beckett's circle in Paris from the 1950s until the latter's death in 1989. How It ... More
Twentieth-Century French Poems: Stephen Romer
Stephen Romer's anthology is a wonderful introduction to the extraordinary diversity of French poetry in the last century. These hundred and fifty or so poems spanning the whole of the ... More
Endgame: Samuel Beckett
Originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett, Endgame was given its first London performance at the Royal Court Theatre in 1957. 'Outside lies a world of death. ... More
Happy Days: Samuel Beckett
Happy Days was written in 1960 and first produced in London at the Royal Court Theatre in November 1962. More
Collected Shorter Plays: Samuel Beckett
This volume contains all of Beckett’s less-than-full-length works (or ‘Dramaticules’) for the stage, radio and television. Arranged in chronological order of composition, these shorter plays demonstrate the laconic means and ... More
Krapp's Last Tape: Samuel Beckett
Krapp's Last Tape was first performed by Patrick Magee at the Royal Court Theatre in October 1958, and has since been played by a host of distinguished actors including Albert ... More
All That Fall: Samuel Beckett
Mrs Rooney, old and unwieldy, is dragging herself towards the railway station on a Saturday lunchtime to meet her blind husband on his way back from the office, and guide ... More
Waiting for Godot: Samuel Beckett
'Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.' This line from the play was adopted by Jean Anouilh to characterize the first production of Waiting for Godot at the Theatre ... More
The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett: Samuel Beckett
The present volume gathers all of Beckett's texts for theatre, from 1955 to 1984. It includes both the major dramatic works and the short and more compressed texts for the ... More
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