Members of the Samuel Beckett Research Centre published a number of journal articles, chapters and books in 2020. Books Samuel Beckett’s Philosophy Notes, edited by Steven Matthews, Co-Director of The Samuel…Read More >
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‘Beckett’s Intermedial Ecosystems’ available for free download until 5th February
‘Beckett’s Intermedial Ecosystems’ by Anna McMullan is free to download from Cambridge University Press until 5th February at the following URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/becketts-intermedial-ecosystems/80129EE23DA811CA550E66BA405963D3# “Beckett’s closed space texts combine qualities of confined…Read More >
Happy Days – creating art from archives
It is well-known that the University’s Special Collections are home to the world’s largest archive for the Nobel-Prize winning writer, Samuel Beckett with over 600 items of original material, including manuscript…Read More >
How the world’s largest Samuel Beckett collection came to Reading
Manuscripts, notebooks and papers relating to world-famous novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett go on display at the University library today to mark its official re-opening. Beckett’s biographer Professor James (Jim)…Read More >
Beckett Week 2019 (6 – 9 November 2019)
Minghella Building, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading Join us this year for Beckett Week at the University of Reading! If you’re a fan of Beckett’s work, there will be something…Read More >
The “Murphy” Manuscript
In 2013 the University of Reading acquired the hand-written manuscript for Murphy, Samuel Beckett’s first published novel and the first major expression of the central themes that would occupy much of…Read More >
Where am I in all of this? — Musician and composer Tim Parkinson reflects on Beckett’s work and archive
In May 2018, the musician and composer Tim Parkinson began work as the Beckett Centre’s second Creative Fellow. As an experimental composer Tim is very much aware of the tradition…Read More >
Announcing ‘Mouthpieces’ by Eimear McBride
We’re thrilled to announce that ‘Mouthpieces’, the new work by Eimear McBride, written during her inaugural Creative Fellowship at the Samuel Beckett Research Centre, has recently been broadcast by RTE…Read More >
Beckett Week 2018 (22-24 November)
Modernist Archives in Context: Periodicals and Performance Q&A with award-winning novelist, Eimear McBride Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Beckett International Foundation Registration is now open for our annual Beckett…Read More >
Beckett on the BBC: A blog by Jonathan Bignell
Beyond the Fourth Wall: Experiments in TV Drama – Samuel Beckett’s Plays on BBC TV By Professor Jonathan Bignell Samuel Beckett is probably best known as a theatre dramatist, but there…Read More >