{"id":1644,"date":"2021-03-19T13:35:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T13:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/?p=1644"},"modified":"2021-03-19T13:58:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T13:58:34","slug":"recordings-with-eimear-mcbride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/recordings-with-eimear-mcbride\/","title":{"rendered":"Recordings with Eimear McBride"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"showinfo\">\n<div>\n<p>To celebrate the recent publication of Eimear McBride&#8217;s <em>Mouthpieces <\/em>by Faber &amp; Faber, we are taking a look back on McBride&#8217;s journey as the Samuel Beckett Research Centre&#8217;s Inaugural Creative Fellow.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-756 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/Unorganized\/400x400-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/Unorganized\/400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/Unorganized\/400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/Unorganized\/400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On a special episode of RT\u00c9 Radio 1&#8217;s &#8216;The Book Show&#8217;, McBride visited The Samuel Beckett Collection in University of Reading. There she gained a rare glimpse at the original manuscripts of Beckett&#8217;s first publish novel <em>Murphy<\/em> and his last published prose work <em>Stirrings Still<\/em>. This episode features contributions from the Head of Archive Services Guy Baxter, Director of the Beckett International Foundation Dr Mark Nixon, Chair of the Samuel Beckett Research Centre Steven Matthews, Beckett&#8217;s biographer and friend James Knowlson, actors Lisa Dwan and Olwen Fou\u00e9r\u00e9. Listen to it here: <a id=\"LPlnk400211\" style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/thebookshow\/tbs-s5-2-eimear-mcbride-on-samuel-beckett\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/thebookshow\/tbs-s5-2-eimear-mcbride-on-samuel-beckett<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Mouthpieces<\/em>, which divides into three short texts, was composed during McBride&#8217;s time as Inaugural Creative Fellow at the Samuel Beckett Research Centre in 2017-2018 with unique access to the Beckett Archives at the University of Reading. <span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">In March 2019, <\/span><em style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">Mouthpieces <\/em><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">was performed by Eimear McBride and Aoife Duffin on RT\u00c9 Radio 1&#8217;s &#8216;Drama on One&#8217;. This recording is an exciting opportunity to <\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">experience the musicality and orality of the author&#8217;s vivid, original and sharp-witted style. The performance can be listened to here: <\/span><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/drama\/radio\/plays\/2019\/0324\/1038351-mouthpieces-by-eimear-mcbride\/\">https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/drama\/radio\/plays\/2019\/0324\/1038351-mouthpieces-by-eimear-mcbride\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Mouthpieces<\/em> by Eimear McBride is published by Faber &amp; Faber and is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faber.co.uk\/catalog\/product\/view\/id\/7835\/s\/9780571365814-mouthpieces\/category\/161\/\">now<\/a> (ISBN 9780571365814). More information on McBride&#8217;s time as Inaugural Creative Fellow can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/creative-fellowships\/eimear-mcbride\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate the recent publication of Eimear McBride&#8217;s Mouthpieces by Faber &amp; Faber, we are taking a look back on McBride&#8217;s journey as the Samuel Beckett Research Centre&#8217;s Inaugural Creative&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#98;&#101;&#99;&#107;&#101;&#116;&#116;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#99;&#111;&#114;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#115;&#45;&#119;&#105;&#116;&#104;&#45;&#101;&#105;&#109;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#45;&#109;&#99;&#98;&#114;&#105;&#100;&#101;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":482,"featured_media":366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","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":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Recordings with Eimear McBride - 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\/recordings-with-eimear-mcbride\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Recordings with Eimear McBride - The Samuel Beckett Research Centre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To celebrate the recent publication of Eimear McBride&#8217;s Mouthpieces by Faber &amp; 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