
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett(2019)
Samuel Beckett has fascinated Adrian Dunbar since he was a young student. Now, 30 years after Beckett's death in Paris, Dunbar explores what made the man who made Waiting for Godot.
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Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
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Samuel Beckett has fascinated Adrian Dunbar since he was a young student. Now, 30 years after Beckett's death in Paris, Dunbar explores what made the man who made Waiting for Godot.
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2019-12-22
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