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Beckett on Film was a project to make film versions of all nineteen of Samuel Beckett's plays for the stage with the exception of the early and unperformed Eleutheria. This endeavour was completed with the first films being shown in 2001.The project was conceived by Michael Colgan , artistic director of the Gate Theatre, Dublin. The films were produced by Michael Colgan and Alan Maloney for the Irish broadcaster RTÉ, the British broadcaster Channel 4 and the Irish Film Board . Each film had a different cast and director, drawn from theatre, film and other fields.
Some of the films were shown on Channel 4 television, and in 2002 the series won the Best TV Drama award at the South Bank Show awards. The films never had a general cinematic release, but in September 2001 all nineteen were screened at the Barbican Centre in London. They were also released on a number of videos and as a four DVD box set.
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Original play published 1952.
- Vladimir - Barry McGovern
- Estragon - Johnny Murphy
- Pozzo - Alan Stanford
- Lucky - Stephen Brennan
- Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Original play published 1957.
- Hamm - Michael Gambon
- Clov - David ThewlisDavid Thewlis (born David Wheeler March 20, 1963) is a British actor. David Thewlis was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. He studied at the Guildhall School of Drama in London. His first major film role was as the rambling street philosopher Johnny
- Nagg - Charles Simon
- Nell - Jean Anderson
- Directed by Conor McPhersonConor McPherson is an Irish playwright and director. He was born in Dublin on 6 August 1971. Educated at University College Dublin, he began writing his first plays there as a member of dramsoc, the college's dramatic society. He is considered one of the
1.3 Happy DaysHappy Days is a play by Samuel Beckett. Winnie, the main character, is buried up to her waist in a tall mound of sand. She has a bag full of interesting artifacts, including a comb, a toothbrush and a revolver, which she strokes and pats lovingly. The har
Original play published 1960.
- Winnie - Rosaleen Linehan
- Willie - Richard Johnson
- Directed by Patricia Rozema
1.4 Act Without Words IAct Without Words I is a short play by Samuel Beckett. Like many of Beckett's works, the play was originally written in French being translated into English by Beckett himself. It was written in 1956 and first performed on April 3 1957 at the Royal Court
Original play written 1956.
- Mime - Sean Foley
- Directed by Karel ReiszKarel Reisz (born 1926, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, died London, United Kingdom, 2002) was a Jewish refugee who became one of the most important film-makers in post war Britain. Reisz joined the Royal Air Force towards the end of the war, after the death of
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