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On Beckett: exploring the works of Samuel Beckett

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On Beckett: exploring the works of Samuel Beckett [videorecording]/ [Produced by] Irish Repertory Theatre, Charlotte Moore, artistic director, Ciarán O'Reilly, producing director ; conceived & performed by Bill Irwin ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

Publication

New York : Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, [2018]
©2018

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Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (95 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Bill Irwin, who as a performer and director has staged the works of Samuel Beckett on numerous occasions, explores the author's work and his own relationship to it. He performs several scenes from Beckett's plays and fiction, and discusses them.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Lectures.
Drama.

Note

Title from opening credits.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Scenic design, Charlie Corcoran ; costume consultant, Martha Hally ; lighting design, Michael Gottlieb ; sound design, M. Florian Staab ; prod. stage manager, Christine Lemme.

Performer (note)

Performed by Bill Irwin, with Finn O'Sullivan.

Event (note)

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Irish Repertory Theatre, New York, N.Y., Nov. 2, 2018.

Funding (note)

Recorded with the financial assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts.

Call Number

NCOV 4229

OCLC

1089256493

Title

Production

New York : Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, [2018]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Scenic design, Charlie Corcoran ; costume consultant, Martha Hally ; lighting design, Michael Gottlieb ; sound design, M. Florian Staab ; prod. stage manager, Christine Lemme.

Cast

Performed by Bill Irwin, with Finn O'Sullivan.

Event

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Irish Repertory Theatre, New York, N.Y., Nov. 2, 2018.

Funding

Recorded with the financial assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts.

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Added Author

Moore, Charlotte, 1939- producer.

O'Reilly, Ciarán, producer.

Container of (work): Irwin, Bill, 1950- On Beckett.

Irwin, Bill, 1950- conceptor.

Irwin, Bill, 1950- director.

Irwin, Bill, 1950- actor.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. En attendant Godot. English.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Textes pour rien. English.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Innommable. English.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Watt.

Corcoran, Charlie, set designer.

Hally, Martha, costume designer.

Gottlieb, Michael, lighting designer.

Staab, M. Florian, sound designer.

Lemme, Christine, production stage manager.

O'Sullivan, Finn, actor.

Hoffman, Patrick.

Irish Repertory Theatre, producer.

Parker/Hodges Productions.

New York State Council on the Arts.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research Call Number

NCOV 4229

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