Friday, June 5, 2009

Timeline of Beckett's "Play"

1906 Apr 13, 1906 - Theatre companies around the world are celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Irish playwright Samuel Beckett's birth. Born on April 13, 1906, Samuel Beckett became one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. To celebrate the writer's centenary ...Theatre companies around the world are celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Irish playwright Samuel Beckett's birth. Born on April 13, 1906, Samuel Beckett became one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. To celebrate the writer's centenary, BH Productions, a not-for-profit theatre company based in Seoul, has decided to stage Beckett's most celebrated play, "Waiting for Godot."

1986 Apr 13, 1986 - And it is that image that will be brought to life on a Chicago stage this week, as the Goodman Theater presents Samuel Beckett's lyrical tragicomedy, ... Seeing a Beckett play is like sitting at a window and watching the world move in its peculiar and endlessly variable ways.

1996 Aug 4, 1996 - A 1967 staging of Beckett's "Play," which she performed in at the American Center in Paris, in fact, later became part of the 1975 bill of ... PHOTO: TOUGH ACT: "The precision is part of the challenge," Maleczech (in her Winnie garb) says of Samuel Beckett's works.

2000 Dec 9, 2000 - That is all there is, in essence, to Samuel Beckett's Play, first performed in Britain at the Old Vic in 1964. Anthony Minghella has recently filmed Play, with Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliet Stephenson and Alan Rickman, as part of a project to film all 19 Beckett plays.

Sources:
http://www.google.com/search?q=history+of+Samuel+Beckett

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