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Samuel Beckett

1906 - 1989

Samuel Beckett was born in Foxrock, Dublin. After a distinguished career at Trinity College Dublin, he was appointed to an exchange lectureship in Paris, where he spent much of the remainder of his life, writing in both French and English. His novels include Murphy (1938), Watt (1942) and his trilogy of novels, Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnameable (1949). He wrote and directed several works for television and film, including a silent piece, Film (1964), with Buster Keaton, and two wordless pieces, Quad I and II (1988). He also wrote a number of radio plays, one of which, All That Fall (1956), was presented as an installation in the Project Arts Centre by Pan Pan Theatre Company in August 2011. Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. He died in Paris on December 22, 1989.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
A Piece of Monologue Samuel Beckett
Act Without Words I Samuel Beckett
Act Without Words II Samuel Beckett
Act Without Words II Samuel Beckett
Beckett in the City: The Women Speak Samuel Beckett
Breath Samuel Beckett
Catastrophe Samuel Beckett
Come and Go Samuel Beckett
Eh Joe Samuel Beckett
Endgame Samuel Beckett
Endgame Samuel Beckett
Enough Samuel Beckett
Footfalls Samuel Beckett
Happy Days Samuel Beckett
Krapp's Last Tape Samuel Beckett
Not I Samuel Beckett
Ohio Impromptu Samuel Beckett
Play Samuel Beckett
Rockaby Samuel Beckett
Rough for Theatre One Samuel Beckett
That Time Samuel Beckett
Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett
Waiting for Godot / En Attendant Godot Samuel Beckett
What Where Samuel Beckett

Director

Play Title Playwright
Footfalls Samuel Beckett