SAMUEL BECKET (1906-1996)

SAMUEL BECKET (1906-1996)

He was one of the twentieth century’s most important writers, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1969. Samuel becket was the author of ‘Waiting for Godot’ (1952) one of the few plays in theatrical history to redefine the possibilities of the medium long fascinated by the cinema (especially silent comedies, which was a huge influence on much of his work including ‘Godot’) 

Waiting for Gobot (2010): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm96MZS48lA

WYPlayhouse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHJslbN8dpg

Other works:

·         Krapp’s last tape (1958)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpZ9MnUGfU4

·         Endgame (1957)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfvp2rsWasM

·         Happy Days (1961)

National Theatre: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0e-ulwCL5U

·         Not 1 (1973)