As part of our inaugural annual Beckett Week (2015) the first Beckett at Reading Postgraduate and Early Careers (BARP) conference took place on the 28th and 29th of October. Held…Read More >
Mark Nixon
Beckett International Foundation Research Seminar 2015
The 2015 Beckett International Foundation Annual Research Seminar brought the University’s inaugural Beckett Week (2015) to a close with thought-provoking papers from Stefano Rosignoli (Trinity College Dublin), Dr Jonathan Heron…Read More >
Samuel Beckett Summer School, TCD
The Samuel Beckett Summer School at Trinity College Dublin took place on 9 – 14 August 2015. Internationally renowned Beckett scholars gave lectures and seminars on a variety of subjects,…Read More >
Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival 2015
The 4th Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival took place between 22 July and 2 August 2015. Attended by internationally renowned scholars and theatre practitioners, as well as members of…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 >
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 >