Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film(2003)
Follows the "Beckett on Film" project, which produced film adaptations of Samuel Beckett's nineteen plays.
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Follows the "Beckett on Film" project, which produced film adaptations of Samuel Beckett's nineteen plays.
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2003-02-05
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