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Rough for Radio I is a short radio play by Samuel Beckett, written in French in 1961 and first published in Minuit 5 in September 1973 as Esquisse radiophonique.Its first English publication as Sketch for Radio Play was in Stereo Headphones 7 (spring 1976), and first appeared under its current title in Ends and Odds (Grove 1976, Faber 1977).
Come and Go is a short play (described as a "dramaticule" on its title page) by Samuel Beckett.It was written in English in January 1965 and first performed (in German) at the Schillertheater, Berlin on 14 January 1966.
Not I is a short dramatic monologue written in 1972 (20 March to 1 April) by Samuel Beckett which was premiered at the "Samuel Beckett Festival" by the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, New York (22 November 1972).
Act Without Words I is a short play by Samuel Beckett.It is a mime, Beckett's first (followed by Act Without Words II).Like many of Beckett's works, the play was originally written in French (Acte sans paroles I), being translated into English by Beckett himself.
The Old Tune is a free translation of Robert Pinget’s 1960 play La Manivelle (The Crank) in which Samuel Beckett transformed Pinget's Parisians, Toupin and Pommard into Dubliners, Cream and Gorman. Its first radio broadcast was by the BBC Third Programme on 23 August 1960, directed by Barbara Bray with Jack MacGowran as Cream and Patrick ...
Breath is a unusually short stage work by Samuel Beckett. An altered version was first included in Kenneth Tynan's revue Oh! Calcutta!, at the Eden Theatre in New York City on 16 June 1969. The UK premiere was at the Close Theatre Club in Glasgow in October 1969; this was the first performance of the text as written. The second performance, and ...
Rough for Radio II is a radio play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in French in 1961 as Pochade radiophonique and published in Minuit 16, November 1975. Beckett translated the work into English shortly before its broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 13 April 1976. Martin Esslin directed Harold Pinter , Billie Whitelaw (Stenographer) and Patrick Magee (Fox
Beckett considered it ‘massacred.’” [1] It is one of his few plays to deal with a political theme and, arguably, holds the title of Beckett's most optimistic work. Beckett "wrote the short play Catastrophe about control and censorship" and dedicated it to the Czech dramatist Václav Havel, who was in prison at the time. [2]