| Description |
1 online resource (241 pages) |
| Contents |
Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Production; 2. Broadcasting contexts; 3. Institutions and authorship; 4. Intertexts; 5. Evaluations; 6. Afterword: the lessons of history; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This ground-breaking study analyses Beckett?s television plays in relation to the history and theory of television. It argues 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, the book provides new perspectives on the relationships between Beckett?s television dramas and the wider television culture of Britain and Europe. It also compares and contrasts the plays for television with Beckett?s Film and broadcasts of his theatr |
| Analysis |
Beckett on Film |
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Modernism |
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Samuel Beckett |
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broadcasting |
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films |
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production process |
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programmes |
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radio |
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television plays |
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theatre |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Television adaptations
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| SUBJECT |
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 fast |
| Subject |
DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Renaissance.
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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English Literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Television adaptations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010291141 |
| ISBN |
9781847794338 |
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1847794335 |
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9781781701867 |
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1781701865 |
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