{"id":221,"date":"2019-09-06T10:58:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T09:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/?page_id=221"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:01:22","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n\t

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Professor Steven Matthews
\n<\/strong>Director of the Samuel Beckett Research Centre; Emeritus Professor of English Literature<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\n
\n\t

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Matt McFrederick<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Co-Director of the Beckett International Foundation; Lecturer in Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\n
\n\t

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Mark Nixon<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Co-Director of the Beckett International Foundation; Associate Professor of English Literature<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\n
\n\t

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Professor Anna McMullan
\n<\/strong>Professor of Film, Theatre and Television<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\n
\n\t

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Conor Carville
\n<\/strong>Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing
\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\n
\n\t

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Professor Jonathan Bignell
\n<\/strong>Professor of Television and Film<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\n
\n\t

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Professor Max De Gaynesford
\n<\/strong>Professor of Philosophy<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\n
\n\t

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr William Davies<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Post-doctoral Centre Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\n
\n\t

\"\"<\/p>\n

Professor James Knowlson
\n<\/strong>Emeritus Professor of French Studies; Founder of the Beckett International Foundation<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>
\n
\n\t

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Professor John Pilling<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Emeritus Professor of English Literature<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Professor Steven Matthews Director of the Samuel Beckett Research Centre; Emeritus Professor of English Literature Dr Matt McFrederick Co-Director of the Beckett International Foundation; Lecturer in Theatre Dr Mark Nixon…Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":448,"parent":620,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-221","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPeople - The Samuel Beckett Research Centre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"People - The Samuel Beckett Research Centre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Professor Steven Matthews Director of the Samuel Beckett Research Centre; Emeritus Professor of English Literature Dr Matt McFrederick Co-Director of the Beckett International Foundation; Lecturer in Theatre Dr Mark Nixon...Read More >\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Samuel Beckett Research Centre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-02T12:01:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/Unorganized\/people4_upscaled_image_x4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"732\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@beckettcentre\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/\",\"name\":\"People - The Samuel Beckett Research Centre\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-06T09:58:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-02T12:01:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"People\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/\",\"name\":\"The Samuel Beckett Research Centre\",\"description\":\"Promoting Beckett's legacy through creative and scholarly engagement\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"People - The Samuel Beckett Research Centre","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"People - The Samuel Beckett Research Centre","og_description":"Professor Steven Matthews Director of the Samuel Beckett Research Centre; Emeritus Professor of English Literature Dr Matt McFrederick Co-Director of the Beckett International Foundation; Lecturer in Theatre Dr Mark Nixon...Read More >","og_url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/","og_site_name":"The Samuel Beckett Research Centre","article_modified_time":"2025-09-02T12:01:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":732,"url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/Unorganized\/people4_upscaled_image_x4.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@beckettcentre","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/","url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/","name":"People - The Samuel Beckett Research Centre","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-09-06T09:58:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-02T12:01:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/people\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About","item":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/about\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"People"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/#website","url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/","name":"The Samuel Beckett Research Centre","description":"Promoting Beckett's legacy through creative and scholarly engagement","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2346,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221\/revisions\/2346"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}