Samuel Beckett

Samuel Barclay Beckett (/ˈbɛkɪt/; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. He is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century.

Beckett's work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human existence, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour, and became increasingly minimalist in his later career. He is considered one of the last modernist writers, and one of the key figures in what Martin Esslin called the "Theatre of the Absurd."

Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his writing, which—in new forms for the novel and drama—in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation." He was elected Saoi of Aosdána in 1984.

Biography

Early life and education

The Becketts were members of the Anglican Church of Ireland. The family home, Cooldrinagh in the Dublin suburb of Foxrock, was a large house and garden complete with tennis court built in 1903 by Samuel's father, William. The house and garden, together with the surrounding countryside where he often went walking with his father, the nearby Leopardstown Racecourse, the Foxrock railway station and Harcourt Street station at the city terminus of the line, all feature in his prose and plays.

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Waiting for sauvignon blanc: Pandemic reveals Samuel Beckett as the ultimate realist

Finger Lakes Times 28 May 2020

Samuel Beckett's absurdist classic is in two acts, and my drama was far from over ... Logic was of no more use to me than it was to Vladimir and Estragon, the tramps in Beckett's play unable to ascertain the reason their meeting with Godot has yet again been postponed ... But the pandemic has revealed Beckett to be the true realist of 20th century theater....

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Coronavirus in New Jersey: What concerts, festivals and shows have been rescheduled, canceled. (May 27, 2020)

NJ dot com 28 May 2020

There may be no place to go, but there certainly are many places to visit -- online, that is -- as stay-at-home entertainment choices continue to populate the internet ... Friday, May 29 on Zoom ... A $5 donation is suggested ... 29 ... Originally scheduled to open May 20 with “Enchanted April,” it now will begin with Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” from Aug....

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Herald-Standard 28 May 2020

Editors note. Many organizations are postponing, canceling or rescheduling events in light of the coronavirus recommendations to avoid large gatherings ... theater/film/literature. Stage Right Online Classes ... PICT Classic Theatre interactive online lecture series will be held at 2 p.m ... A Man of Many Words (1856-1950), April 24; Samuel Beckett ... Registration....

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My secret to befriending lesbians is Samuel Beckett and a bottle of the finest single malt

New Statesman 27 May 2020

When a curt nod from a neighbour transforms into a lockdown-breaking high-five. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=" " data-adaptive-image-1024-img=" " data-adaptive-image-max-img=" "> ... On alternate days, that is ... No Zoom for us ... And it got better. her partner turned out to be a fan of Samuel Beckett, so I rushed back inside and lent her my copy of Watt ....

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New Statesman 27 May 2020

I double up on the vodka in my cocktail shaker and mute the chaos of my twitter feed. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=" " data-adaptive-image-1024-img=" " data-adaptive-image-max-img=" "> ... Oh I won’t bore you with any more ... The account that speaks most vividly to me at the moment is one that just posts quotes from Samuel Beckett ... Vladimir ... Next week....

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Stephen Lewis: Waiting for my 'Godot'

Traverse City Record-Eagle 24 May 2020

In 1948, Samuel Beckett, an Irish writer living in France wrote an absurdist play, the English title of which today is better known than the play itself ... “Godot” in this play’s title tempts one to think God has something to do with Beckett’s intended meaning. But Beckett ......

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Coronavirus in New Jersey: What concerts, festivals and shows have been rescheduled, canceled. (May 22, 2020)

NJ dot com 23 May 2020

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Theatre of the Absurd

New Yorker 22 May 2020

Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook cartoon depicts President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence as the tramps Vladimir and Estragon from Samuel Beckett’s play “Waiting for Godot,” with the audience eagerly anticipating their departure ... ....

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Coronavirus in New Jersey: What concerts, festivals and shows have been rescheduled, canceled. (May 20, 2020)

NJ dot com 21 May 2020

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GO! List 5-21-20

Herald-Standard 21 May 2020

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Why Lady Gregory is one of Ireland's greatest cultural figures

RTE 20 May 2020

In Gregory’s plays, storytelling is the driving force of the action from Kathleen Ni Houlihan and Spreading the News to The Rising of the Moon, influencing Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World, Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Brian Friel's Fait Healer and Dancing at Lughnasa, Marina Carr's The Mai and beyond....

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Film-maker Pedro Costa: ‘There is no Beckett or Joyce in cinema’

The Irish Times 19 May 2020

Among contemporary film-makers, Pedro Costa comes closest to the cinema described by Paul Schrader in Transcendental Style in Film . Ozu, Bresson and Dreyer ... The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw has called him the “Samuel Beckett of cinema.”. Costa is not so sure. “I’m sorry but there are no Beckett in cinema,” he says. “Or Joyce, or Pessoa.” ... Photograph ... ....

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The Los Angeles Times 16 May 2020

You can watch the stream for free at 8 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m ... Free ... Marquee TV streams a performance of Samuel Barber’s rarely produced, Pulitzer Prize-winning 1958 musical thriller filmed at Britain’s Glyndebourne festival in 2018 ... Free ... Husband-and-wife duo Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams star in a live reading of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist fable ... ....