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4 - 5 April 2014
\nMinghella Building, University of Reading<\/h3>\n

We are excited to announce the 'Staging Beckett' project's first conference in April 2014.<\/p>\n

'Staging Beckett' is a three year research collaboration between the University of Chester, the University of Reading, and the Victoria & Albert Museum, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The project started in September 2012, and is exploring the impact of productions of Beckett's plays on British and Irish theatre practice and cultures while also looking at how Beckett has been staged internationally. It is compiling a database of professional productions of Beckett's plays in the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n

*** Call for papers ***<\/h4>\n

The conference will focus on the history, documentation and analysis of Beckett's theatre in performance: while Beckett's directing practice has been much discussed, and critical attention has been paid to selected premiere productions (the French, British, Irish or US premieres of Godot, for example), or 'deviant' productions such as the 1984 American Repertory Theatre production of Endgame, there is a great deal of work to be done in researching the diversity of productions of Beckett's theatre in the UK, Ireland and internationally.<\/p>\n

Questions we are asking include:<\/p>\n

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\u2022 How did approaches to staging Beckett's theatre change from the 1950s to the twenty-first century?
\n\u2022 Have there been distinct approaches to staging Beckett at particular moments and in particular theatre cultures?
\n\u2022 How have productions of Beckett's plays commented on or reflected wider political \/ economic contexts?
\n\u2022 What kinds of dialogues can we trace between productions of Beckett's plays and local, national or international theatre histories?
\n\u2022 Can we trace cross-influences in approaches to staging Beckett across productions?
\n\u2022 What can particular case studies of individual or comparative productions contribute to constructing performance histories of Beckett's theatre?
\n\u2022 How can future performance practice of Beckett's theatre be informed or inspired by previous productions?
\n\u2022 We are also interested in methodological issues around Beckett, performance and the archive, and around Beckett, performance and the digital.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We are keen to hear from academics and practitioners (whether UK, Irish or international) interested in the legacies of particular performances, the documentation and analysis of Beckett in performance, and in the dialogues between productions of Beckett's theatre and wider theatre practices and cultural \/ political contexts. Issues to consider might be, but are not limited to, the following:<\/p>\n

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\u2022 How particular directors \/ performers have approached staging Beckett.
\n\u2022 How particular economic, funding, and \/ or political contexts have influenced productions of Beckett's plays
\n\u2022 Beckett and stage design \/ scenography
\n\u2022 Technical innovation in productions of Beckett
\n\u2022 'Deviant' or 'alternative' productions (ie that have flouted Beckett's stage directions)
\n\u2022 Productions that were planned and didn't happen (refused permission, for example)
\n\u2022 Beckett and particular local, national or international theatre cultures
\n\u2022 The 'festivalisation' of Beckett
\n\u2022 International touring productions to the UK and Ireland
\n\u2022 UK and Irish productions that have toured (such as Dublin Gate Beckett Festival)
\n\u2022 Digital archives of Beckett in performance \/ Beckett performance on the web<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Please send proposals of c. 150 words to Anna McMullan (a.e.mcmullan@reading.ac.uk) by Friday 13th December 2013.<\/p>\n

Future 'Staging Beckett' conferences include:<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Staging Beckett in the Regions (University of Chester, September 2014)
\n\u2022 Beckett and Theatre and Performance Cultures (University of Reading, April 2015)<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The 'Staging Beckett' team includes:<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Matthew McFrederick (U. Reading)
\n\u2022 Anna McMullan (U. Reading)
\n\u2022 Trish McTighe (U. Reading)
\n\u2022 David Pattie (U. Chester)
\n\u2022 Graham Saunders (U. Reading)
\n\u2022 David Tucker (U. Chester).<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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