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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'We're a little greyer by the end of it!' - Meet the team behind the Dublin Theatre Festival and get the must-sees

Irish Independent 22 Sep 2018

Chris Wasser. September 22 2018 8.31 AM. 0 Comments 'We're a little greyer by the end of it!' - Meet the team behind the Dublin Theatre Festival and get the must-sees. Independent.ie ... https.//www.independent.ie/incoming/article37341245.ece/d1702/AUTOCROP/h342/hfThe%20Misfits%20pic%203%20photo%20.jpg. Email ... This is all for the 2018 edition ... The Fever at the Samuel Beckett Theatre is performed “in complete collaboration with the audience” ... ....

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2018 Fall Theater Preview: At Dobama Theatre, season celebrating women's work brings Annie Baker's 'John' and Dorothy Silver to the stage

Cleveland 22 Sep 2018

>. CLEVELAND, Ohio - Nathan Motta loves Annie Baker. And he doesn't care who knows it ... "The Aliens" in 2014, Baker's sly, slacker homage to Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot"; and "The Flick" in 2017, her Pulitzer Prize-winning drama that captured the grungy, sticky-floor realism of the lives of employees in one of the last movie theaters in Massachusetts to show 35-millimeter film ... "It's supposed to be a little creepy," said Motta ... ... ....

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Krapp’s Last Tape: Myriad musings of a loner

The Times of India 21 Sep 2018

Penned by Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett sometime in the late 1950s, Krapp’s Last Tape is the story of a 69-year-old writer by the same name ... In terms of the set, director Holagundi adhered to Beckett’s vision of once-an-opulent-but-now-worn-out look of Krapp’s crib and it worked ... Madhav sketches the idiosyncrasies of Beckett’s character alright, but at times, goes a little overboard in trying to bring out an old man from within....

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New chapter for Beckett

Irish Independent 21 Sep 2018

Walk-in wardrobe En suite Beckett exterior Living room with bay window and granite fireplace Landing with feature glass panels Kitchen island and breakfast bar Family bathroom with freestanding bath ... 0 Comments New chapter for Beckett ... The five-bed is called the Beckett, after the avant-garde novelist and playwright, Samuel, born and raised in nearby Foxrock ... Six-feet high block walls separate the garden from the Beckett's neighbours....

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99 Seat Beat: Romanian clowns, subversive sandwich artists and human pets populate new plays in ...

The Los Angeles Times 20 Sep 2018

Arts & Culture Entertainment 99 Seat Beat. Romanian clowns, subversive sandwich artists and human pets populate new plays in L.A.'s small-theater scene. José A. Garcia and Alan Abelew in “Old Clown Wanted” (Enci Box). Something old, something new ... Romanian-French playwright Matei Vişniec’s absurdist comedy is a modern-day successor to the existentialist theater of Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco, this time with balloons ... 4 ... 21....

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The National Theatre’s The Prisoner is a moving example of Peter Brook’s “late style”

New Statesman 19 Sep 2018

The playwright’s latest work nods most fondly to two classical texts he is connected with. Oedipus and Hamlet ... The modern writer who most influenced him is Samuel Beckett, and the set that David Violi has created might easily double for a production of Waiting for Godot ... his Beckett-influenced King Lear with Paul Scofield (filmed in a version available for streaming) remains the best of the 20 or so attempts at that play I have seen....

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A startling debut novel from a South African poet

The Economist 19 Sep 2018

The wry narrator and bleak humour of “Ok, Mr Field” recall Samuel Beckett ... ....

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Samuel Beckett and Martin McDonagh feature in photography exhibition of Irish literary greats

London Evening Standard 18 Sep 2018

An exhibition dedicated to the work of former Evening Standard photographer John Minihan opens today ... ....

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Padilla: Learning patience

Sun Star 17 Sep 2018

WHEN someone tells me “Let us just WAIT” my mental riposte is “FOR GODOT”. “Waiting for Godot” is a Samuel Beckett play where the main characters, Vladimir and Estragon wait for their friend, Godot. Godot never comes. Repeat, NEVER comes. So, when I’m made to wait, I hope it is not for Godot because patience is not my virtue. But what is patience? Supposedly it is the capacity to tolerate delay. Delays I can tolerate but for a reason ... ....

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The last will and testament of a Guinness heir: 'I give Galway back her ancient gates - and my nephews get the Rolls Royces'

Irish Independent 16 Sep 2018

Garech Browne and piper Liam O’Flynn in at Luggala. One of his classic cars can be seen in the background. Liam Collins. September 16 2018 6.30 PM ... Independent.ie ... Email ... He bequeathed his six goddaughters and five godsons £1,000 each and left £5,000 to Tara MacGowran as well as his manuscript of Samuel Beckett's Endgame and other Beckett "oddments", and his shares in Claddagh Records to John Montague, Richard Ryan and Derek Bell ... ....

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Robert Ballagh: ‘Betty was really good at assessing things. I don’t have that any more’

The Irish Times 16 Sep 2018

From the moment Robert Ballagh opens the door to his studio, there’s no mistaking who works there ... The studio space itself is similarly imbued with his personality, a portrait of Samuel Beckett standing beside a slightly chaotic spread of art materials ... “Also, as someone who is always passionate about literature – I love Joyce, love Beckett, love them all – I wanted to engage with storytelling, which seemed to me so Irish ... ) ...  . ....

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The RTÉ Book Show returns with all-star Irish literary line-up

RTE 14 Sep 2018

On Sunday September 16th, The RTÉ Book Show makes a welcome return to the RTÉ Radio 1 Autumn schedule, for an extended run of shows. In the Spring, listeners got to hear well known Irish writers asking the questions; these included Eimear McBride, John Boyne, Liz Nugent and Eoin Colfer on topics such as Samuel Beckett, Crime Fiction, Creative Writing and Children’s Books ... Lisa McInerney ... Sinead Gleeson ... ....

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Therapy?: Cleave review – A battle cry against division and conflict

The Irish Times 13 Sep 2018

Now, they turn to Samuel Beckett for inspiration on their 15th album. Wreck It Like Beckett kickstarts their first release on the iconic amp affiliated Marhshall Records with a monstrous riff. It’s a raucous tribute to Beckett’s penchant for loving the promise of ......

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