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Beckett, Samuel (Barclay)
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Beckett, Samuel [Barclay] (1906–90), playwright. The Irish dramatist, whose absurdist, usually actionless, and fundamentally philosophic plays have delighted a coterie of intellectuals and experimental playgoers, is best remembered for his
Waiting for Godot (1956), which enjoyed a long run on Broadway in large measure because of the performance of Bert
Lahr, a musical comedy clown. However, for the most part Beckett has found success not in mainstream playhouses but
Off Broadway and at more adventuresome regional theatres. Among his best‐known works are
Endgame (1958),
Krapp's Last Tape (1960), and
Happy Days (1961). Beckett wrote his plays in French and lived in Paris after 1937. Biography:
Samuel Beckett: The Last Modernist, Anthony Cronin, 1997.
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Samuel Beckett and the Arts: Music, Visual Arts, and Non-print Media.(Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Samuel Beckett and the Arts: Music, Visual Arts...in their works. This volume covers Samuel Beckett's artistic "border crossings...and, potentially, more intriguing. Samuel Beckett and the Arts comprises twenty essays...
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Samuel Beckett and Music.(Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...818427-1. $75.] A study of Samuel Beckett's relationship to music could...like. In her introduction to Samuel Beckett and Music, Mary Bryden promises...and the Paradigm of Serialism in Samuel Beckett" - proves engaging, although...
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA TO HOSTS 'SAMUEL BECKETT FESTIVAL: A TRILOGY OF EVENTS'
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/30/2008; 700+ words
; ...and Sciences will sponsor a "Samuel Beckett Festival: A Trilogy of Events...and theoretical discussion of Samuel Beckett's work by Herbert Blau; a musical...performance of Morton Feldman's "For Samuel Beckett," conducted by renowned composer...
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Samuel Beckett mis a nu par ses auteurs, meme: essai sur le theatre de Samuel Beckett.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Samuel Beckett mis a nu par ses auteurs, meme: essai sur le theatre de Samuel Beckett. By GERARD PIACENTINI. Preface by ARMAND DELCAMPE. Saint-Genouph...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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The World of Samuel Beckett.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 5/18/1996; 700+ words
; THE WORLD OF SAMUEL BECKETT. By Lois Gordon. Yale; 264 pages...common by George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett were nationality and vocation. Before...references to Deirdre Bair's "Samuel Beckett: A Biography", and her apparent...
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6 degrees of Sammy Beckett.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Samuel Beckett)
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 3/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...a meeting of the International Samuel Beckett Working Group, April 5-9...of Beckett's life and work, Samuel Beckett: The Irish European, is on view...is in the exhibition Not I: A Samuel Beckett Centenary Celebration, on view...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Beckett makes his presence known; Nine quick facts about Samuel Beckett set the stage for two productions featuring his work in the next month.(VARIETY)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 2/15/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...is an unofficial declaration of Samuel Beckett Month in Minnesota. Happy Days...Enoch Brater says in Essential Samuel Beckett that the playwright chose to make...673-7299 HAPPY DAYS What: By Samuel Beckett. Directed by Rob Melrose. When...
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Fionnuala Croke (editor), Samuel Beckett: A Passion for Paintings.
Magazine article from: Irish University Review: a journal of Irish Studies; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; Fionnuala Croke (editor), Samuel Beckett: A Passion for Paintings. Dublin...EUR 20.00. Pascale Casanova, Samuel Beckett: Anatomy of a Literary Revolution...dans l'histoire/En jouant Beckett. Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourd'hui...
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The Letters of Samuel Beckett BOOKS
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 3/19/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...03-19-2009 The Letters of Samuel Beckett BOOKS Byline: Dwight Garner The...Section: FEATURES The Letters of Samuel Beckett Volume 1, 1929-1940 Edited...the evidence not right here: Samuel Beckett, that most taciturn and private...
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Correspondence (Samuel Beckett, Alan Schneider).(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; Samuel Beckett, Alan Schneider. No Author Better Served: The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett & Alan Schneider. Maurice Harmon...between the playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett and the director who produced the American...
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Samuel Beckett
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Samuel Beckett Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), the Irish novelist, playwright, and poet who became French by adoption, was one of the most original and important writers of the century. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1969. Samuel...
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Beckett, Samuel
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Samuel Beckett Born: April 13, 1906 Dublin, Ireland...Irish novelist, playwright, and poet Samuel Beckett, the Irish novelist, playwright...Literature in 1969. Early life in Ireland Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin, Ireland, on April...
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Beckett, Samuel (Barclay)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Beckett, Samuel [Barclay] (1906–90...1960), and Happy Days (1961). Beckett wrote his plays in French and lived in Paris after 1937. Biography: Samuel Beckett: The Last Modernist , Anthony Cronin...
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MacGowran, Jack
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...later seen in a number of plays by Samuel Beckett , including Endgame (1958...Theatre . His association with Beckett, on stage, radio, and television...Jack MacGowran in the Works of Samuel Beckett , produced by Joseph Papp in New...
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On the Stage
Book article from: American Decades
...The Hostage was widely discussed in 1960, as were Samuel Beckett's K rapp's Last Tape and Shelagh Delaney's A...Kopit along with French writers Eugene Ionesco and Samuel Beckett and British playwright Pinter. Few Outstanding Plays...
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