When the Irish actor Gabriel Byrne was first approached to play the role of Samuel Beckett, one of Ireland’s greatest literary heroes, he hesitated. “I wrestled with the idea,” Byrne says on a recent ...
For many Irish writers and readers, there are none greater than Samuel Beckett. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. Few writers seem to embody literary Ireland more than Yeats or Joyce. But ...
A new commissioning festival will stage a series of Samuel Beckett’s works throughout Ireland and the UK over the coming year - including the world’s first ever production of Waiting for Godot in ...
Samuel Beckett is regarded as one of the finest authors, playwrights, directors and poets that Ireland has ever produced, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969 and being responsible for plays ...
Irish Central: On his birthday, Samuel Beckett’s Nobel Prize still speaks to modern Ireland
On his birthday, Samuel Beckett’s Nobel Prize still speaks to modern Ireland
BroadwayWorld: Gare St Lazare Ireland Present The World Premiere Of HOW IT IS By Samuel Beckett
Gare St Lazare Ireland Present The World Premiere Of HOW IT IS By Samuel Beckett How It Is will run as part of Dublin Theatre Festival and is a co-production with The Everyman, The Coronet Theatre ...
Gare St Lazare Ireland Present The World Premiere Of HOW IT IS By Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett's legacy skips from continent to continent. He was born in Dublin, Ireland; he became an assistant and friend to James Joyce in his adopted home of Paris; and later turned the London ...