In an event jointly organised by the Staging Beckett project and the Samuel Beckett Summer School, director Walter Asmus will be speaking about his work on the 14th of August…Read More >
Registration now open for ‘Staging Beckett at the Margins’
From the conference organisers: “Our second conference, to be held at Kingsway, University of Chester, 11-12 September 2014, will focus on perceived notions of Beckett at the margins, on productions…Read More >
“Performing the Archives” Conference
Some information below about an upcoming conference on the status and use of performing arts archives at NUI, Galway: “Performing the Archives” Conference NUI Galway 2015 22…Read More >
Publication: Last Tape on Stage in Translation Unwinding Beckett’s Spool in Turkey
One of the most exciting aspects of our recent conference was the opportunity to get a sense of the variety of work being done on Beckett’s drama internationally – courtesy…Read More >
From the Archives: Peter O’Toole in Waiting for Godot
Born in 1932 in Connemara (or so he claimed), O’Toole passed away in December 2013 at the age of 81. Much has been written about his career of late: he…Read More >
Fellowship congratulations!
Congratulations from the Staging Beckett team to our colleague at Reading, PhD student Matthew McFrederick. In the last few days, Matthew has learned that he has been offered a fellowship…Read More >
Call for Papers – Staging Beckett at the Margins
University of Chester, 11-12 September 2014 Staging Beckett is a three year collaborative research project undertaken by the universities of Chester, Reading, and the Victoria & Albert Museum which started…Read More >
Staging Beckett at Reading 2014
A big thank you to all those who participated in the Staging Beckett conference at the weekend. We had delegates from around the world – Norway, Turkey, Hungary, Poland, USA,…Read More >
Staging Beckett Conference: Constructing Performance Histories
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: http://www.reading.ac.uk/ftt/research/ftt-staging-beckett-conference-april-2014.aspx April 4-5th 2014, Minghella Building, University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus. Staging Beckett’s Inaugural conference on 4th – 5th April 2014 will focus on the history, documentation and analysis of Beckett’s…Read More >
From the Archives: Cyril Cusack in Krapp’s Last Tape, The Abbey Theatre, June 1960
The great Irish actor Cyril Cusack (1910-1993), who was well known internationally and highly accomplished on both the stage and the screen, performed in a double bill of Krapp’s Last…Read More >