Endgame and Act Without Words

Endgame and Act Without Words PDF Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802198813
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the greatest writers of our time. Endgame, originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett himself, is considered by many critics to be his greatest single work. A pinnacle of Beckett’s characteristic raw minimalism, it is a pure and devastating distillation of the human essence in the face of approaching death.

Endgame

Endgame PDF Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780802150240
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 91

Book Description
Four characters play a game of life, concluding with the exit of one character and the immobility of the remaining three, in a study of man's relationship to his fellows

Endgame

Endgame PDF Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780802150240
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Contains the text to two of Nobel Prize-winning author Samuel Beckett's greatest works, a single-act play and a single-person mime sketch.

Endgame

Endgame PDF Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571243730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett, 'Endgame' was given its first London performance at the Royal Court Theatre in 1957.

The Collected Shorter Plays

The Collected Shorter Plays PDF Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 0802144381
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
Collects over twenty short plays published by the Nobel Prize winning playwright Samuel Beckett. Includes his mimes, radio and television plays, screenplay, and adaptations of other's works.

The Plays of Samuel Beckett

The Plays of Samuel Beckett PDF Author: Eugene Webb
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295805285
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
In The Plays of Samuel Beckett Eugene Webb first summarizes the western philosophical tradition which has culminated in the void--the centuries of attempts to impose form and meaning on existence, the failure of which has left experience in fragments and man a stranger in an unintelligible universe. Succeeding chapters take up the plays work by work, interpreting each individually and tracing recurrent motifs, themes, and images to show the continuity in the underlying tendencies of Beckett's mind and art.

Krapp's Last Tape and Other Shorter Plays

Krapp's Last Tape and Other Shorter Plays PDF Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571297005
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
Krapp's Last Tape was first performed by Patrick Magee at the Royal Court Theatre in October 1958, and described as 'a solo, if that is the word, for one voice and two organs: one human, one mechanical. It fills few pages. It is perhaps the most original and important play of its length ever written.' (Roy Walker) The present volume brings together Krapp's Last Tape and Beckett's other shorter works or 'dramaticules' written for the stage. It will be complemented by a forthcoming Faber edition of dramatic works written for radio and screen. Arranged in chronological order of composition, these shorter plays exhibit the laconic means and compassionate ends of Beckett's dramatic vision. KRAPP 'Here I end this reel. Box - [ Pause.] - three, spool - [ Pause.] - five. [ Pause.] Perhaps my best years have gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back. [ Staring motionless before him.]

No Author Better Served

No Author Better Served PDF Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674625228
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 522

Book Description
Samuel Beckett claimed he couldn't talk about his work, but he proves remarkably forthcoming in these pages, which document the thirty-year working relationship between the playwright and his principal producer in the United States, Alan Schneider. The 500 letters capture the world of theater as well as the personalities of their authors.
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