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Samuel Beckett

SAMUEL BECKETT

  (1906 - 1989)
Nationality:    Irish
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Literary Agent:    Curtis Brown Group Ltd  

Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989) was born in Foxrock, Dublin. after a distinguished career at Trinity College, Dublin, he was appointed to an exchange lectureship in Paris, where he spent much of the remainder of his life, writing in both French and English. His novels include 'murphy' (1938), 'Watt' (1942) and his trilogy of novels 'molloy', 'malone Dies' and 'the Unnameable' (1949). He wrote and directed several works for television and film, including a silent piece, Film (1964), with Buster Keaton, and two wordless pieces, Quad I and II (1988). He also wrote a number of radio plays, one of which, 'all That Fall'(written 1956) was presented as an installation in the Project Arts Centre by Pan Pan Theatre Company in august 2011. Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. He died in Paris, France on December 22, 1989.
Irish Playography

Research:    http://www.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/collections/sc-beckett.aspx
http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=6420

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below is a list of Samuel Beckett's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Act Without Words (Acte Sans Parole)         Act Without Words Ii         All That Fall         Breath         But the Clouds         Cascando         Catastrophe         Come And Go         Eh Joe         Embers         Endgame         Film         First Love         Footfalls         Ghost Trio         Happy Days         Kid, Le         Krapp's Last Tape         Lessness         Molloy         Noho theatre Co In Kyogen         Not I         Oh Les Beaux Jours         Oh! Calcutta!         Ohio Impromptu         Old Tune, The         Piece Of Monologue, A         Play         Quad         Rockaby         Rough For Radio         Rough I         Rough Ii         Roughs For theatre I & Ii         That Time         Theatre I And II         Waiting For Godot         Watt         What Where         Words And Music

Act Without Words (Acte Sans Parole)

Synopsis:
a man alternates success and failure whilst attempting certain actions

Notes:
First performed with Fin de Partie

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Grove Press, New York, 1958   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Mime playlet

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 57.60

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Act Without Words Ii

Synopsis:
Contrasts actions of the two actors as they attempt certain actions

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
New York    1959

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces", Grove Press, New York, 1960   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Mime One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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All That Fall

Synopsis:
Old woman visiting railway station imagines the worst when the train is delayed.

Notes:
broadcast 1957

1st Produced:
Santa Barbara, California    1965

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Grove Press, New York, 1957   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  1b 1g

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Breath

Synopsis:
It consists of the sound of an instant of recorded vagitus (a birth-cry), followed by an amplified recording of somebody slowly inhaling and exhaling accompanied by an increase and decrease in the intensity of the light. there is then a second identical cry, and the piece ends. No people are seen on stage, but Beckett states that it should be "littered with miscellaneous rubbish." He did specify however that there were to be no verticals, the rubbish was to be all scattered and lying.

Notes:
Breath is A notably short stage work by Samuel Beckett. An Altered version was first included in Kenneth Tynan's revue Oh! Calcutta!, At the eden theatre in New York City on June 16, 1969. the UK premiere was At the Close theatre Club in Glasgow in October 1969; this was the first performance of the text As written. the second performance, And the English premiere, was At A benefit held At the Oxford Playhouse on March 8, 1970. the first Accurate publication Appeared in Gambit 4.16 (1969): 59, with A manuscript facsimile.

1st Produced:
eden Theatre, New York City    17 Jun 1969

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Breath and Other Shorts", Faber, London, 1971   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
25 second Review

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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But the Clouds

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
part od Shades

1st Produced:
BBC2    17 Apr 1977

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "ends and Odds: Plays and Sketches", Faber, London, 1977   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
television play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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-

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Cascando

Synopsis:
an individuals increasing isolation with old age portrayed by two voices and music

Notes:
broadcast in French 1963

1st Produced:
London    1970

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Play and Two Short Pieces for Radio", Faber, London, 1964   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 unidentified characters

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-

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Catastrophe

Synopsis:
Catastrophe features a theatre director and his assistant arranging a protagonist, who stands on a black block submitting to their direction.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
avignon Festival, France    Jan 1982

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Collected Shorter Plays", Faber, London, 1984   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
written in French

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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-

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Come And Go

Synopsis:
Three women reminisce about their times at school and rekindle and affirm old friendships

Notes:
aka Kommen und Gehen (Berlin,1966), As Va et vient (Paris, 1966)

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Calder & Boyers, London, 1967   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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-

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Eh Joe

Synopsis:
the thought of the nearness of death brings on feelings of remorse in a man in his late fifties.

Notes:
televised 1966

1st Produced:
New York    1978

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "eh Joe and Other Writings", Faber, London, 1967   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Embers

Synopsis:
During ramblings of an old couple a mundane situation is transformed into a Drama.

Notes:
broadcast 1959

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1959   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Endgame

Synopsis:
the four characters of the play are trapped in a room where they await their deaths.

Notes:
Fin de partie: suivi de Acte sans paroles (London 1957); music by John Beckett. As endgame New York 1958

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Grove Press, New York, 1958   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Fantasy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 57.61; 58.272

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Film

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Cascando and Other Short Dramatic Pieces", Grove Press, New York, 1969   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Screenplay

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2characters

Further Reference:
-

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First Love

Synopsis:
First Love is one of Samuel Beckett's earliest post-war novellas and contains much of the author's special brand of black humour and uncomfortable truths. the narrator, expelled on the death of his Father from his room, takes refuge on a bench by a canal and meets a woman who takes him home. the events that follow are hilariously terrible

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Theatre Dark

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
55 min One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Footfalls

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
London    1976

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1976   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  voice

Further Reference:
-

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Ghost Trio

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
televised As Tryst, 1976

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "ends and Odds: eight New Dramatic Pieces", Grove Press, New York, 1976   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
T.V. Play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  voice

Further Reference:
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Happy Days

Synopsis:
While Gogo and Didi are only psychologically unable to leave the appointed rendezvous site and while Hamm is confined to his wheelchair in a closed room, Winnie is actually buried to the waist in earth that seems to be drawing her downward. elaborately constructed routines occupy her time and her mind and make it possible for her to endure the hopelessness of her situation. In the second act Winnie is buried to her neck and must rely solely on the resources of her mind. the situation grotesquely echoes Descartes' famous "Cogito ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am"). In act I, Winnie is buried to the waist in earth; a scorching sun beats down. a bell summons Winnie to her day's activities, which begin with a prayer. as a defence against the infinitude of time, she has devised a series of routines: making an inventory of her possessions, doing her toilette, recalling the past, inventing stories, trying to remember snatches of poetry, and conversing with the generally unresponsive Willie, who dwells in a nearby hole just within her range of vision. Successful efforts of memory or an occasional word extracted from Willie convince her that it has been a happy day after all. the climax of this particular day comes when the sight of an ant stimulates Willie to a pun on "formication," making the couple laugh. In act II, Winnie is embedded up to her neck, and her all-important physical routines are now impossible. Her memory seems to have deteriorated, but she perseveres in fabricating stories and prattles on to the now-absent Willie. Because Winnie can no longer turn her head to see him, she may be unaware that he is gone, but soon he reappears dressed in morning clothes and crawling toward her. Winnie joyfully begins humming the "Merry Widow" waltz, but whether Willie means to kiss her or is merely groping for the revolver that lies on the nearby ground remains undisclosed as the curtain falls.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Cherry Lane Theatre
38 Commerce Street, New York, NY 10014    1961

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Grove Press, New York, 1961   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Tragi Comedy Tragedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Kid, Le

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Dublin    1931

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Krapp's Last Tape

Synopsis:
a man listens to a tape recording of his memories as he reflects on the meaning of life.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1959   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lessness

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Molloy

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Conor Lovett From Beckett

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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-

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Noho theatre Co In Kyogen

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Not I

Synopsis:
this eloquent and haunting short play has been hailed as a masterpiece of its genre. employing a stream of consciousness technique, it combines seemingly disjointed fragments of memory and poetic resonances into a rich and revealing mosaic of the longings, doubts, and frailties underlying the human condition

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
New York    1972

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1973   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Sketch

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Oh Les Beaux Jours

Synopsis:
Revival

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
French Theatre Season

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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-

Parts:
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-

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Oh! Calcutta!

Oh! Calcutta!
Oh! Calcutta! was a long-running avant-garde theatrical revue, created by British Drama critic Kenneth Tynan. the show, consisting of various sketches on sex-related topics, debuted in Off-Broadway in 1969. It proved, once again, that sex sells, running in London for over 2,400 performances, and in New York for over 1,600. the show sparked considerable controversy at the time, because it featured extended scenes of total nudity, both male and female. the title is taken from a painting by Clovis Trouille, itself a pun on "O quel cul t'as!", French for "What an ass you have!". Tynan had hoped that Harold Pinter would direct the production, in order to give it avant-garde legitimacy, but Pinter declined. (the original director was Jacques Levy, remembered by most now as the songwriting partner of Bob Dylan on his album Desire.) Most of the sketches (written, amongst others, by Nobel prize winner Samuel Beckett, John Lennon, Sam Shepard, edna O'Brien, Jules Feiffer, and Tynan himself) featured the cast naked (including Bill Macy). Peter Schickele (aka 'PDQ Bach'), Robert Dennis and Stanley Walden were the revue's composers, known as the Open Window. a pay-per-view video production played on closed-circuit TV in select cities in 1971, and in 1972 a motion picture version was also released - in both cases many cities and municipalities banned its showing. a 1976 Broadway revival at the edison theatre ran for thirteen years, briefly becoming the longest-running play in Broadway history, with a total of 5,959 performances.
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Notes:
Conceived by Kenneth Tynan; Contributions by Samuel Beckett, Jules Feiffer, Dan Greenburg, John Lennon, Jacques Levy, Leonard Melfi, David Newman, Robert Benton, Sam Shepard, Clovis Trouille, Kenneth Tynan And Sherman Yellen; Music And Lyrics, the Open Window: Robert Dennis, Peter Schickele And Stanley Walden; Musical Director: Norman Bergen

1st Produced:
eden Theatre, Off Broadway, NY    17 Jun 1969

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1988   978-09368339486

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Ohio Impromptu

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Columbus Ohio    1981

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Rockaby and Other Short Pieces", Grove Press, New York, 1981   -

Music:
-

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-

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Old Tune, The

Synopsis:
two old timers run into each other, as the traffic roars around them, they get talking about their youth. the point is that their memories conflict, the past they long to hang onto is fragile, and they are neither comfortable in the present nor secure in the past

Notes:
Original Playwright - Robert Pinget (La Manivelle); Broadcast 1960

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Minuit, Paris, 1960   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
40 min One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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-

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Piece Of Monologue, A

Synopsis:
a speaker tells a fragment of a story about birth and death, in which the narrative details almost match those visible to us as the theatre set

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
La MaMa E.T.C.
74a East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003    14 Dec 1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Rockaby and Other Short Pieces", Grove Press, New York, 1981   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Play

Synopsis:
a couple and the man's mistress, in funeral urns, recall their marriage triangle

Notes:
aka Spiel (Ulm-Donau, 1963)

1st Produced:
New York    1964

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Play and Two Short Pieces for Radio", Faber, London, 1964   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Quad

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
televised 1982

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Collected Shorter Plays", Faber, London, 1984   -

Music:
-

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-

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Rockaby

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Buffalo, New York    1981

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Rockaby and Other Short Pieces", Grove Press, New York, 1981   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  recorded voice

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-

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Rough For Radio

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
broadcast 1976, Aka Radio II

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "ends and Odds: eight New Dramatic Pieces", Grove Press, New York, 1976   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short Sketch One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Rough I

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Notes:
part of Roughs For theatre I & II

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Rough Ii

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Notes:
part of Roughs For theatre I & II

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Roughs For theatre I & Ii

Synopsis:
an exchange between a blind man and a cripple.

Notes:
Rough I And Rough II

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That Time

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1st Produced:
London    1976

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1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1976   -

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Theatre I And II

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1st Produced:
London    1985

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1st Published:
in "ends and Odds: eight New Dramatic Pieces", Grove Press, New York, 1976   -

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Waiting For Godot

Synopsis:
the NY World-Telegram describes: "GODOT cannot be compared to any other theater work, because its purpose is so different. Two dilapidated bums fill their days as painlessly as they can. they wait for Godot, a personage who will explain their interminable insignificance, or put an end to it. they are resourceful, with quarrels and their dependence on each other, as children are. they pass the time 'which would have passed anyway.' a brutal man of means comes by, leading a weakling slave who does his bidding like a mechanical doll. Later on he comes back, blind, and his slave is mute, but the relationship is unchanged. every day a child comes from the unknown Godot, and evasively puts the big arrival off until tomorrow. . .It is a tragic view. Yet, in performance, most of it is brilliant, bitter comedy. . .It is a portrait of the dogged resilience of a man's spirit in the face of little hope."

Notes:
en Attendant Godot (Babylone, Paris, 05 Jan 1953)

1st Produced:
Arts Theatre Club, London    03 May 1955

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1st Published:
Grove Press, New York, 1954   -

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Wearing - the London Stage 55.157

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Watt

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1st Produced:
Beckett Pinter Mamet Festival at Dublins Gate    2010

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50 min solo

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What Where

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Notes:
as Was Wo (Graz, Germany, 1983)

1st Produced:
New York    1983

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1st Published:
in "Collected Shorter Plays", Faber, London, 1984   -

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Words And Music

Synopsis:
Old ages inherent loneliness is Dramatised using two voices

Notes:
broadcast 1962, music by John Beckett

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1st Published:
in "Play and Two Short Pieces for Radio", Faber, London, 1964   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 unidentified characters

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