{"id":1917,"date":"2021-08-06T11:41:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T10:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/?page_id=1917"},"modified":"2022-03-14T17:29:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T17:29:43","slug":"discussion-with-robertmccrum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/discussion-with-robertmccrum\/","title":{"rendered":"In discussion with Robert McCrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1917\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1917-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1917-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1917-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Robert McCrum and &#8216;Full Moon&#8217;<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Robert McCrum, Creative Fellow at the Samuel Beckett Research Centre from 2019-2020, was interviewed by Dr William Davies as part of the Beckett Forum in 2019. As part of this interview, McCrum reflects on his creative response to the archives, Beckett&#8217;s life and legacy, and his new drama <em>Full Moon\u00a0<\/em>based on a fictional encounter between P.G. Wodehouse and Samuel Beckett in France during World War II. The interview was recorded at\u00a0Minghella Studios in the Department of Film, Theatre and Television at the University of Reading.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-1917-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_audio\" data-index=\"1\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Creative responses to the archive<\/h3><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1917-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Creative-Fellowship-and-Robert-McCrum-1.m4a?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Creative-Fellowship-and-Robert-McCrum-1.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Creative-Fellowship-and-Robert-McCrum-1.m4a\">https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Creative-Fellowship-and-Robert-McCrum-1.m4a<\/a><\/audio><\/div><div id=\"panel-1917-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_audio\" data-index=\"2\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Radio, biography and the archive<\/h3><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1917-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Radio-biography-and-the-archives-2.m4a?_=2\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Radio-biography-and-the-archives-2.m4a?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Radio-biography-and-the-archives-2.m4a\">https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Radio-biography-and-the-archives-2.m4a<\/a><\/audio><\/div><div id=\"panel-1917-0-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_audio\" data-index=\"3\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Discussing &#8216;Full Moon&#8217; and the legacy of Beckett<\/h3><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1917-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Full-Moon-by-Robert-McCrum3-.m4a?_=3\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Full-Moon-by-Robert-McCrum3-.m4a?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Full-Moon-by-Robert-McCrum3-.m4a\">https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Full-Moon-by-Robert-McCrum3-.m4a<\/a><\/audio><\/div><div id=\"panel-1917-0-0-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_audio panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Beckett before Beckett and the origin of &#8216;Waiting for Godot&#8217;<\/h3><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1917-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Beckett-before-Beckett-and-the-origins-of-Waiting-for-Godot-4.m4a?_=4\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Beckett-before-Beckett-and-the-origins-of-Waiting-for-Godot-4.m4a?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Beckett-before-Beckett-and-the-origins-of-Waiting-for-Godot-4.m4a\">https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2021\/08\/Beckett-before-Beckett-and-the-origins-of-Waiting-for-Godot-4.m4a<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert McCrum, Creative Fellow at the Samuel Beckett Research Centre from 2019-2020, was interviewed by Dr William Davies as part of the Beckett Forum in 2019. 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