Author: Samuel Beckett
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-WIKIPEDIA: Samuel Beckett - -ESSAY: Texts for Nothing: VI (Samuel Beckett, August 1967, The London Magazine) -POEM: A poem by Samuel Beckett (Poem Today, 5/02/25) -RADIO DRAMA: A Piece of Monologue by Samuel Beckett (RTE Radio, 28 MAY, 2026, Drama On One) -RADIO DRAMA: The Old Tune by Samuel Beckett (Drama On One, 5/22/26, RTE Radio One) - - - - - -PODCAST: Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads Samuel Beckett (With Deborah Treisman, April 1, 2023, The New Yorker) - -ESSAY: Samuel Beckett’s Proustian moment: The great Irish writer’s first book, an idiosyncratic study of Proust, was also a potent work of modernist literature (Colin MacCabe, 7/29/26, New Statesman) -ESSAY: Samuel Beckett on the Couch: When the young writer began analysis with Wilfred R. Bion, both men were at the beginning of their careers. Their work together would have a transformative impact. (Nuar Alsadir, December 3, 2025, The New Yorker) -ESSAY: The wisdom of surrender: Samuel Beckett turned an obscure 17th-century Christian heresy into an artistic vision and an unusual personal philosophy (Andy Wimbush, 1/18/21, Aeon) -ESSAY: Samuel Beckett vs Archbishop McQuaid: Why an infuriated Nobel laureate withdrew his play from Dublin Theatre Festival: Dublin Theatre Festival acquired letter playwright wrote to friend in 1958 to apologise for feeling compelled to cancel planned run of Act without Words I (Deirdre Falvey, Apr 19 2025, Irish Times) -ESSAY: Beckett the Prophet: We are all, it seems, still waiting for Godot (Robert Zaretsky, July 20, 2026, American Scholar) -ESSAY: Samuel Beckett’s insane wordless post-Nobel Prize “interview” is the most Samuel Beckett thing ever. (Walker Caplan, February 25, 2021, Lit Hub) -PLAY REVIEW: Krapp’s Last Tape review – Gary Oldman’s arresting one-man Beckett is a startling piece of theatre: Oldman gives an emotional encounter with his past selves as he single-handedly directs, set-designs and performs Samuel Beckett’s existential monologue (Arifa Akbar, 26 Apr 2025, The Guardian) - Waiting for Godot (1948) - Samuel Beckett (4/13/1906
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