Samuel Beckett’s art of reduction
In The Unnamable, the writer’s prose was stripped to the bone – and the bone itself boiled white.
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The calm of the sleeper train
Also this week: Samuel Beckett’s advice, and the mysteries of time and loss.
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Dance First is a catastrophic Samuel Beckett biopic
This film about the great Irish playwright will mystify those not familiar with his life and work – and irritate…
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My secret to befriending lesbians is Samuel Beckett and a bottle of the finest single malt
When a curt nod from a neighbour transforms into a lockdown-breaking high-five.
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The treasure trove of Samuel Beckett recordings hidden online
On a website “filled with the detritus and ephemera of great artists”, there’s a wonderful hunk of little-heard pieces for…
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Mark Lawson: Happy days in the town of Samuel Beckett’s childhood
For the past three years, an international Beckett festival in Enniskillen has attempted to establish a more positive Google footprint…
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Portrait of the artist as a young fan: Echo’s Bones by Samuel Beckett
A previously unpublished novella shows the playwright struggling to escape the influence of Joyce.
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