Irish actors Gabriel Byrne and Aidan Gillen have joined the cast of the upcoming Samuel Beckett biopic, "Dance First." Titled after Beckett's famous adage “Dance first, think later,” the film is a ...

A landmark collection of theatre adaptations and accompanying documentaries, available in full on BBC iPlayer from 26 July ...

Quote of the day by Samuel Beckett offers life lesson wisdom about perseverance and personal growth. Failure is not the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gabriel Byrne stars as Samuel Beckett in a biopic that itself is not especially Beckettian, but that boldly oscillates between ...

In recent months, I have been making my way through the four volumes of Samuel Beckett’s letters. As ever, I’m struck by his humanity, humour and kindness, traits somewhat at odds with his austere and ...

Samuel Beckett is widely regarded as one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century. Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1906, Beckett attended Trinity College Dublin and later taught at the École ...

In the summer of 1964, Samuel Beckett arrived in New York City for his first and only trip to the United States, to oversee production on what would be his first and only film. Titled “Film,” it was ...

HAPPY Days International Beckett Festival curator Sean Doran reveals 10 things you may not know about Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett: 1. Samuel Beckett attended Portora Royal school in Enniskillen – ...

I am something of an interloper at the Samuel Beckett festival in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. While the Beckettians are here to venerate the master and his works – concentrated, intense, elliptical ...

AI Quick Read An Irish playwright's terse formulation about the mathematical constancy of human tears and laughter has begun circulating widely among audiences seeking frameworks for understanding ...

‘Cheerful correspondent I am,” Samuel Beckett signed off a letter to his lover Pamela Mitchell in September 1956. He had just warned her against any deeper romantic entanglement with him. “I’m over, ...