Beckett on screen : the television plays

Häftad bok. Manchester : Manchester University Press. 2009. 240 sidor.

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This ground-breaking study analyses Beckett's television plays in relation to the history and theory of television. It argues that they are in dialogue with innovative television traditions connected to Modernism in television, film, radio, theatre, literature and the visual arts.

Using original research from BBC archives and manuscript sources, the book provides new perspectives on the relationships between Beckett's television dramas and the wider television culture of Britain and Europe.

It also compares and contrasts the plays for television with Beckett's Film and broadcasts of his theatre work including the recent Beckett on Film season. Chapters deal with the production process of the plays, the broadcasting contexts in which they were screened, institutions and authorship, the plays' relationships with comparable programmes and films and reaction to Beckett's screen work by audiences and critics.

This book is a major contribution to Beckett scholarship and to studies of television drama. It will be essential reading in literature and drama studies, television historiography and for devotees of Beckett's work.

Samuel Beckett tilldelades Nobelpriset i litteratur år 1969 "för en diktning som i nya former för roman och drama ur nutidsmänniskans blottställdhet hämtar sin konstnärliga resning”.


AV SAMUEL BECKETT

DRAMATIK: Katastrof och sexton andra korta pjäser /  I väntan på Godot : en tragikomedi i två akter (pjäs i två akter / Slutspel Akt utan ord / Alla dem som falla Krapps sista band / Askglöd / Lyckans dar / Ord och musik.

SKÖNLITTERATUR: Avigt & Co : prosastycken 1945-1969 /  Ding-dång /  Murphy  Första kärleken /  Malone dör /  Molloy /  Den onämnbare / Watt / Kniv av nej : prosastycken 1946-66 / Hur det är / Sällskap.

LYRIK. Dikter / Slut än en gång.

FACKLITTERATUR:  Proust.