Samuel Beckett

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Government hopes Niac advice will give shot in the arm to vaccine programme

The Irish Times 13 May 2021

The National Immunisation Advisory Council (Niac) seems to take its lead from Samuel Beckett when it comes to its deliberations ... .

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Patrick Kavanagh’s ‘nasty’ libel case: ‘There may be money in it’

The Irish Times 12 May 2021

In 1939 Patrick Kavanagh came to Dublin to work full-time as a writer. A daunting task at any time, in 1940s Dublin this was almost impossible ... “I see Paddy Kavanagh is moving house”) ... (Samuel Beckett gave evidence for Sinclair, but could not resist correcting defending counsel’s deliberate mispronunciation of the name Marcel Prowst) ... Yeats ... Photograph.

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‘Yous have no merit, no merit at all’: The trial and error of Patrick Kavanagh

The Irish Times 12 May 2021

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Claddagh records relaunched after deal with Universal Music Ireland

The Irish Times 11 May 2021

They represent the entire Claddagh Records collection and include the voices, music and poetry, of leading artists from the 1950s and 1960s such as The Chieftains, Samuel Beckett, Heaney, O’Riada and Patrick Kavanagh.

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Flight of little golden swallow a Wilde idea for revitalisation of Enniskillen

Belfast Telegraph 11 May 2021

The installation is the first phase of Arts Over Borders’ Wilde Island Town ... PA. / ... Mr Doran said ... Between 2012 and 2019 the organisation has organised 13 literary tourism festivals in the north-west counties of Fermanagh, Derry, Tyrone and Donegal that are inspired by local literary associations of Wilde, Samuel Beckett and Brian Friel . .

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‘Limbo’ is a story of refugees stuck between worlds

The Spokesman-Review 10 May 2021

It’s a study of people – in this case all men – divorced from the reality they were born to, hoping against hope that something will improve, yet finding themselves as if they were caught in a Samuel Beckett play – waiting for something good to happen in a near-surreal world.

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The delay-ridden agony of shopping at West Elm

Vox 10 May 2021

“It’s been an existential nightmare, as confounding as Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot .” When I reconnected with Harris in April, he had finally received his shipment after many months of waiting ... “It’s been an existential nightmare, as confounding as Samuel Beckett’s Waiting ...

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The Brothers’ Network continues to showcase Black birders and artists

The Philadelphia Tribune 10 May 2021

It’s been almost a year since Keith Russell, an ornithologist in Philadelphia, read about how Christian Cooper’s bird-watching trip in Central Park went awry ... Gregory T ... In June, The Brothers’ Network will be producing the Antoinette Nwandu play “Pass Over,” which is inspired by Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” starring two Black men ... WHYY ....

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As workers, friends, parents, we wait with hope

Herald Mail 09 May 2021

Each time I log into one of the systems I use for work, a “Waiting for Gannett” message flashes across the bottom left corner of my screen ... Each time I see that “Waiting for Gannett” message, my mind thinks it is “Waiting for Godot,” the title of a Samuel Beckett play ... It’s similar to how we work today ... ....

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Biden’s talk of vaccine IP waiver is political theater

Asiatimes 09 May 2021

India has welcomed US support for a relaxation in patent rules to give developing countries affordable access to vaccines and medicines ... Also read ... Photo. AFP/Punit Paranjpe ... But like the tramps in the Samuel Beckett play Waiting for Godot, we cannot engage in a variety of discussions and encounters and wait for a TRIPS waiver that may never arrive.

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‘Waiting for Godot’ Review: Starry Tramps Like Us and Their Existentialist Dilemmas Make for Daring, ...

Variety 08 May 2021

For this smart, lockdown-era, streaming iteration of Samuel Beckett’s show ...

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Olympia Dukakis left a lasting legacy of impact on stage and film

Marietta Daily Journal 06 May 2021

May 5—I first became familiar with Olympia Dukakis years before she became widely known as an Academy Award-winning actress. I was a junior in high school and studying Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" in an English class taught by one ... .

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The Mix: Zac Brown Band, ‘Tom of Your Life’ and more cool things to do ...

Chicago Sun-Times 06 May 2021

Coy Bowles and Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band perform during CRS 2017 Day 1 on February 22, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee ... Getty Images for CRS ... Tickets ... He designed the set and costumes for Maria Callas’ 1958 performance as Medea at the Dallas Civic Opera as well as the set designs for Samuel Beckett’s plays staged in Paris and Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Balloon art in a DTLA fountain, and 23 other best bets for the weekend

The Los Angeles Times 06 May 2021

Pop-up art installations across L.A. are part of “We Rise 2021,” a series of events marking Mental Health Awareness Month ... All times are Pacific.SoCal in-person events. “Art Rise” ... All events are free ... Friday ... “Magic Asphalt ... 7 p.m ... Ethan Hawke is Vladimir and John Leguizamo is Estragon in a streaming production of Samuel Beckett’s classic Absurdist fable.

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