Movie: Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told

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Ronald Pickup
Ronald Pickup

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Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea

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Denys Hawthorne
Denys Hawthorne

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Patrick Magee
Patrick Magee

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Billie Whitelaw
Billie Whitelaw

interviewee

John Calder
John Calder

Interviewee

Marthe Gautier
Marthe Gautier

Interviewee

Marie Kean
Marie Kean

Voice

J.G Delvin
J.G Delvin

Voice

Stephen Brennan
Stephen Brennan

Voice

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    A two-part biography of the Irish writer Samuel Beckett. The first part covers the traumas of his formative years: his ill-fated love affair with his first cousin, the death of his father, and his decorated service with the French Resistance. He had settled in France before the Second World War, met fellow Irishman James Joyce, and begun writing. Patrick Magee's television performance of `Krapp's Last Tape' (1972) is interwoven with key landscapes and personalities from Beckett's life. The second part concludes the story of how Beckett finally began to connect with his audience, principally through `Waiting for Godot'. Includes an interview with the actress Billie Whitelaw, a celebrated interpreter of his work.

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    1996-04-13

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