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Samuel Beckett
A chronicler of the absurdity and tenacity of human existence, Beckett would see his name become synonymous with a sort of existential bleakness that fails to convey the humor and hope in his work.
Highlights from the Archives
Beckett the Difficult, Beckett the Brash, Beckett the Prolific
The new Grove Centenary Edition of Beckett's work contains everything for which he is justly considered a giant of 20th-century literature and theater.
April 13, 2006BooksReview
At Beckett's Centenary, His American Discoverer Looks Back
Barney Rosset discovered the Irish novelist and playwright, for Americans, more than half a century ago.
April 13, 2006BooksNews
You Must Go On After Beckett. I Can't Go On After Beckett. Go On.
He would have been 100 next month. For today's playwrights, Samuel Beckett remains both a blessing and a curse.
March 26, 2006TheaterNewsArticles
Yours Ever, Sam
Samuel Beckett, that most taciturn and private of 20th-century writers, turns out to have been one of the century's great correspondents.
March 6, 2009Reflections, Confessions and a List of Stuff to Do
Michael Laurence's solo show has a sort of intoxicating fatalism.
January 23, 2009A Beckett Tale, Reimagined in Movement
The latest addition to the French Institute-Alliance Française's Crossing the Line festival takes a little-known story by Samuel Beckett and examines it from multiple angles.
September 22, 2008Beckett Set to Movement From Multiple Angles
"The Image," based on a little-known story by Samuel Beckett, was performed at Le Skyroom Thursday as part of the French Institute Alliance Française's Crossing the Line festival.
September 20, 2008At a Celebration of Shakespeare, Some Rare Shaw
Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy are turning heads in plays by Bernard Shaw at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
August 31, 2008Pessimism and Other Crowd Pleasers
While Ralph Fiennes performed Samuel Beckett inside a Midtown theater, a Beckett-like crowd filled the midsummer streets of Manhattan.
July 26, 2008The Sheer Inconvenience, Let Alone Intrusiveness, of Life and Love
The stage adaptation of this Beckett story is being captivatingly performed by Ralph Fiennes.
July 24, 2008Linguistic Somersaults Through Beckettian Pastures
"I'll Go On" is a lively tramp through the vast, thorny pastures of Samuel Beckett's prose.
July 21, 2008Samuel Beckett, From Everywhere but the Stage
The Gate Theater in Dublin is back at the Lincoln Center Festival for three star-studded helpings of Samuel Beckett.
July 20, 2008Words Fail Him, but Memories Can't Be Silenced
Although it lasts just half an hour, this staging of a Samuel Beckett piece is one of the most wholly satisfying nights I've spent at the theater this year.
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Multimedia
In Performance: 'Eh Joe'
Penelope Wilton narrates over Liam Neeson's silent performance in "Eh Joe" at the Lincoln Center Festival.
Studies in Human Frustration
Photos from "Beckett Shorts," starring Mikhail Baryshnikov.
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