Beckett directs Beckett /

Presents four performances of two plays by Samuel Beckett, alternating between an American and a French cast. Also includes an informal discussion with the American cast and experts on Beckett, comparing the process of presenting Beckett's work on television with the process of presenting his...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	University of Maryland, College Park. Visual Press, Caméras continentales, San Quentin Drama Workshop, PBS Adult Learning Satellite Service
Other Authors:	Held, Lawrence, Thorpe, Bud, Cluchey, Rick, 1933-, Balmer, Jean-François, Jorris, Jean-Pierre, Polanski, Roman, Bertin, Roland, Asmus, Walter D., Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	English French
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; [1992]
Subjects:	Beckett, Samuel, > 1906-1989 > Film adaptations.

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Summary:	Presents four performances of two plays by Samuel Beckett, alternating between an American and a French cast. Also includes an informal discussion with the American cast and experts on Beckett, comparing the process of presenting Beckett's work on television with the process of presenting his work for the theater.
Item Description:	Includes English and French versions of two plays by Beckett. "Based on the mise-en-scène by Samuel Beckett." Performed onstage for television by the San Quentin Drama Workshop in Paris on October, 1988. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	4 videocassettes (9 hr., 36 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2/ in.
Format:	VHS.
Production Credits:	Producers, Mitchell Lifton, Jean-Pierre Cottet ; director, Walter D. Asmus.