Beckett on Film
The first ever cinematic screening of all 19 of Samuel Beckett's plays. The acclaimed Beckett on Film project brings together some of the most distinguished directors and actors working today. Directors include Atom Egoyan, Damien Hirst, Neil Jordan, Conor McPherson, Damien O'Donnell, David Mamet, Anthony Minghella, Karel Reisz and Patricia Rozema.
Programs in the series include:
* Waiting for Godot (running time: 2 hours)
* Not I (running time: 14 minutes)
* Rough for Theatre I (running time: 20 minutes)
* Ohio Impromptu (running time: 12 minutes)
* Krapp's Last Tape (running time: 58 minutes)
* What Where (running time: 12 minutes)
* Footfalls (running time: 28 minutes)
* Come and Go (running time: 8 minutes)
* Act Without Words I (running time: 16 minutes)
* Happy Days (running time: 1 hour 19 minutes)
* Catastrophe (running time: 7 minutes)
* Rough for Theatre II (running time: 30 minutes)
* Breath (running time: 45 seconds)
* That Time (running time: 20 minutes)
* Endgame (running time: 1 hour 24 minutes)
* Act Without Words II (running time: 11 minutes)
* A Piece of Monologue (running time: 20 minutes)
* Play (running time: 16 minutes)
* Rockaby (running time: 14 minutes)
* Plus a 52 minute Documentary on the making of the Beckett on Film Project
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A must see for anyone interested in Theatre - The_Librarian
This collection of DVDs is the complete works of the great Samuel Beckett. Beckett is one of the innovators of theatre in the 20th Century developing the absurdist genre, plays about nothing. These are live productions of the plays of Beckett staring great actors and handled by great directors. Once again if you want to get a look at some of the most influencial theatre of the modern era it is really entertaining and does Becketts material justice
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A must see for anyone interested in Theatre - The_Librarian
This collection of DVDs is the complete works of the great Samuel Beckett. Beckett is one of the innovators of theatre in the 20th Century developing the absurdist genre, plays about nothing. These are live productions of the plays of Beckett staring great ...