The 3rd and final Staging Beckett Conference took place on 9 – 11 April 2015 at the University of Reading. The conference was well attended and there was a good…Read More >
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Tribute to Billie Whitelaw (6 June 1932 – 21 December 2014)
Professor Anna McMullan has written a tribute to the renowned Beckett actor, Billie Whitelaw, who sadly passed away yesterday: “The Staging Beckett team, the Beckett International Foundation, and colleagues at…Read More >
Samuel Beckett Week 2014
An exhibition and series of public events was held in the first week of October to celebrate the University’s internationally renowned collection of manuscripts from the Nobel Prize-winning writer Samuel…Read More >
Posthumous publication of ‘Echo’s Bones’
Dr Mark Nixon, one of the world’s leading Beckett scholars, has brought to life ‘Echo’s Bones’ 80 years after it was written. The text was commissioned as the final piece…Read More >
*CALL FOR PAPERS* Staging Beckett: Constructing Performance Histories
4 – 5 April 2014 Minghella Building, University of Reading We are excited to announce the ‘Staging Beckett’ project’s first conference in April 2014. ‘Staging Beckett’ is a three year…Read More >
Staging Beckett Event: Ian Rickson in Conversation with Mark Taylor-Batty
3 October 2013 7.30pm Minghella Building, UoR (Whiteknights campus) The University of Reading, the Staging Beckett project, and the Beckett International Foundation are delighted to present a conversation with acclaimed…Read More >
University of Reading acquires the original manuscript for “Murphy”
The University of Reading is delighted to announce that it has acquired the working manuscript of Samuel Beckett’s first major work, Murphy, at the cost of £962,500, at an auction…Read More >
Lisa Dwan in a mesmerising performance of “Not I” – 26th & 27th April 2013
Celebrated Irish actor, Lisa Dwan, mesmerised audiences during two rare and exclusive performances of Not I at the University of Reading as part of its Beckett International Foundation anniversary celebrations,…Read More >
Beckett at Reading 2013 (4th – 7th April 2013)
In 1988, with the support of Samuel Beckett, James Knowlson established the Beckett International Foundation as a charitable trust. The Foundation’s objective is to promote the work of Samuel Beckett…Read More >
Announcing a new AHRC-funded project…
The University of Reading is to lead a new, AHRC funded project: ‘Staging Beckett: the Impact of Productions of Samuel Beckett’s Drama on Theatre Practice and Cultures in the United…Read More >