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| Name: |
Samuel Beckett | | Birth Date: |
April 13, 1906 | | Death Date: |
December 22, 1989 | | Place of Birth: |
Dublin, Ireland | | Place of Death: |
Paris, France | | Nationality: |
Irish | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
novelist, playwright, poet |
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 Biography of Samuel Beckett
1,459 words, approx. 5 pages
 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 Beckett stood apart from the... summary from source:
Biography of Samuel Beckett
10,322 words, approx. 34 pages
 Samuel Beckett, whose play Waiting for Godot has influenced several generations of contemporary playwrights throughout the world, was a dramatist who considered himself a much better novelist. He thought of his plays as diversions undertaken at times... summary from source:
 Biography of Samuel (Barclay) Beckett
10,115 words, approx. 34 pages
Samuel Beckett is an Irishman who has lived in France since 1938 and who has written much of his drama and fiction in French. The phenomenal success of his play En attendant Godot (1952; published in English as Waiting for Godot, 1954) has made him...
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 Samuel Beckett Quotes
5,068 words, approx. 17 pages
Samuel Beckett ( 1906-04-13 – 1989-12-22 ) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature . He wrote mainly in English and French. Contents 1 Plays 1.1 Waiting for Godot (1952) 1.1.1 Act I 1.1.2 Act II 1.2 Endgame...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Samuel Beckett Information
7,166 words, approx. 24 pages
Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer, dramatist and poet. Beckett's work is stark, fundamentally minimalist, and, according to some interpretations, deeply pessimistic about the human condition. His work...
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 AP News British Library gets Pinter archive
12/11/2007: 337 words, approx. 1 pagesThe British Library has acquired the archives of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, including his correspondence with leading figures in theater and literature.The library paid $2.24 million for the archive, which includes Pinter's collection of play scripts which has been on loan to the... summary from source:
The New York Observer Happy Days Comes to Brooklyn
1/2/2008: 360 words, approx. 1 pagesTony-nominated director Deborah Warner and longtime collaborating actress Fiona Shaw (Aunt Petunia in the Harry Potter movies) will be bringing a "far from conventional" production of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days to Brooklyn Academy of Music starting Jan. 8 (check here for tickets), according to Jason... summary from source:
The New York Observer Our Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Week of May 21st, 2007
5/15/2007: 278 words, approx. 1 pagesTom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia, which opened in October at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, closed on May 13. If you’re already suffering from withdrawal symptoms, two fixes are available: A one-volume paperback edition of the trilogy (Grove, $15), and Anthony Grafton’s love letter in... summary from source:
The New York Observer A Second Act Triumph: Little Edie Happy at Last
11/12/2006: 1,495 words, approx. 5 pagesThe new Broadway musical Grey Gardens, directed by Michael Greif, is a tale of two acts. After last season’s successful run at Playwrights Horizons, the show’s creators tried to solve the problem of the expository first act, but what they might have done is drop...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Daniel Katz
13,653 words, approx. 46 pages
In the following essay, Katz studies Watt as a transition between Beckett's life in Ireland and England and his move to France as well as between his early conventionally composed works and his later experimental writing.
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Critical Essay by Marguerite Tassi
11,442 words, approx. 38 pages
In the following essay, Tassi suggests options for staging Shakespearian plays in light of Beckett's absurdist theater.
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Critical Essay by Eva Metman
10,507 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Metman explores the different embodiments of God, treatment of women, and the depiction of the human condition in Beckett's earlier dramatic works.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 86%A Wasted Life in "Krapp's Last Tape"
748 words, approx. 3 pages
In "Krapp's Last Tape" by Samuel Beckett, an alcoholic man, age 69, reflects on his wasted life of drinking and failed relationships.
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