Summary The life of Irish novelist, poet, and playwright Samuel Beckett is profiled from his Dublin childhood, to his days in Paris, associating with Picasso and Chagall, to old age. Excerpts from a performance of the semiautobiographical Krapp's Last Tape and previously unpublished letters tell the story, along with the remembrances of Beckett's lifelong friend and publisher, Jerome Lindon, relatives, and others who knew him.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Fay Weldon A.N. Wilson Simon Winchester Ian Hamilton
Genres : Biography
Release date : Apr 12, 1996
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Union Pictures Productions
Summary The life of Irish novelist, poet, and playwright Samuel Beckett is profiled from his Dublin childhood, to his days in Paris, associating with Picasso and Chagall, to old age. Excerpts from a performance of the semiautobiographical Krapp's Last Tape and previously unpublished letters tell the story, along with the remembrances of Beckett's lifelong friend and publisher, Jerome Lindon, relatives, and others who knew him.
Genres : Biography
Release date : Apr 12, 1996
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Union Pictures Productions
