Beckett on Screen: The Television Plays
Jonathan Bignell
Abstract
This study analyses Samuel Beckett's television plays in relation to the history and theory of television, arguing that they are in dialogue with innovative television traditions connected to Modernism in television, film, radio, theatre, literature and the visual arts. Using original research from BBC archives and manuscript sources, it provides new perspectives on the relationships between Beckett's television dramas and the wider television culture of Britain and Europe. The book also compares and contrasts the plays for television with Beckett's Film and broadcasts of his theatre work incl ... More
Keywords: Samuel Beckett, television plays, Modernism, Beckett on Film, production process, broadcasting, films, programmes, radio, theatre
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2012 | Print ISBN-13: 9780719064203 |
| Published to Manchester Scholarship Online: July 2012 | DOI:10.7228/manchester/9780719064203.001.0001 |
