The Plays of Samuel Beckett / Katherine Weiss.

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'The Plays of Samuel Beckett' provides a stimulating analysis of Beckett's entire dramatic oeuvre, encompassing his stage, radio and television plays. Ideal for students, this major study combines analysis of each play by Katherine Weiss with interviews and essays from practitioners and scholars.

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Stage Plays; Waiting for Godot; Endgame; Krapp's Last Tape; Happy Days; Play; Come and Go; Footfalls; Conclusion; 2 The Radio Plays; All That Fall; Embers; The Old Tune; Words and Music, Cascando, Rough for Radio I, Rough for Radio II; Conclusion; 3 The Teleplays; Eh Joe; Ghost Trio; ... but the clouds . . .; Nacht und Träume; Quad; What Where; Conclusion; 4 Critical Perspectives; Ghosts: Chaos and Freedom in Beckett's Spectral Theatre; A Spectrum of Fidelity, an Ethic of Impossibility: Directing Beckett.

Beckett on Television, Beckett on Love: A Response to BadiouKrapp's Last Tape and Mapping Modern Memory; 5 Interviews; Wendy Salkind on Not I; Bill Largess on Ohio Impromptu; Wendy Salkind, Peggy Yates and Bill Largess on Play; Sam McCready on That Time and Ohio Impromptu; Conclusion; Notes; Chronology of selected events, performances and publications; Further reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z; Credits.

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