Beckett on Film
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Beckett on Film was a project to make film versions of all nineteen of Samuel Beckett's plays for the stage with the exception of the early and unperformed Eleutheria. This endeavour was completed with the first films being shown in 2001.
The project was conceived by Michael Colgan, artistic director of the Gate Theatre, Dublin. The films were produced by Michael Colgan and Alan Maloney for the Irish broadcaster RTÉ, the British broadcaster Channel 4 and the Irish Film Board. Each film had a different cast and director, drawn from theatre, film and other fields.
Some of the films were shown on Channel 4 television, and in 2002 the series won the Best TV Drama award at the South Bank Show awards. The films never had a general cinematic release, but in September 2001 all nineteen were screened at the Barbican Centre in London. They were also released on a number of videos and as a four DVD box set.
Credits
Waiting for Godot
Original play published 1952.
- Vladimir - Barry McGovern
- Estragon - Johnny Murphy
- Pozzo - Alan Stanford
- Lucky- Stephen Brennan
- The Boy - Sam McGovern
- Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Endgame
Original play published 1957.
- Hamm - Michael Gambon
- Clov - David Thewlis
- Nagg - Charles Simon
- Nell - Jean Anderson
- Directed by Conor McPherson
Happy Days
Original play published 1960.
- Winnie - Rosaleen Linehan
- Willie - Richard Johnson
- Directed by Patricia Rozema
Act Without Words I
Original play written 1956.
- Mime - Sean Foley
- Directed by Karel Reisz
Act Without Words II
Original play written 1956.
- A - Pat Kinevane
- B - Marcello Magni
- Directed by Enda Hughes
Krapp's Last Tape
Original play written 1958.
- Krapp - John Hurt
- Directed by Atom Egoyan
Rough for Theatre I
Original play written late 1950s.
- A - David Kelly
- B - Milo O'Shea
- Directed by Kieron J. Walsh
Rough for Theatre II
Original play written late 1950s.
- A - Jim Norton
- B - Timothy Spall
- C - Hugh B. O'Brien
- Directed by Katie Mitchell
Play
Original play written 1963.
- M - Alan Rickman
- W1 - Kristin Scott Thomas
- W2 - Juliet Stevenson
- Directed by Anthony Minghella
Come and Go
Original play written 1965.
- Vi - Anna Massey
- Ru - Sian Phillips
- Flo - ?
- Directed by John Crowleyis
Breath
Original play written 1969.
- Voice - Keith Allen
- Directed by Damien Hirst
Not I
Original play written 1972.
- Mouth - Julianne Moore
- Directed by Neil Jordan
That Time
Original play written 1975.
- Listener and Voices - Niall Buggy
- Directed by Charles Garrad
Footfalls
Original play written 1975.
- May - Susan Fitzgerald
- Voice - Joan O'Hara
- Directed by Walter Asmus
A Piece of Monologue
Original play written 1980.
- Speaker - Stephen Brennan
- Directed by Robin Lefevre
Rockaby
Original play written 1981.
- Woman - Penelope Wilton
- Directed by Richard Eyre
Ohio Impromptu
Original play written 1981.
- Reader and Listener - Jeremy Irons
- Directed by Charles Sturridge
Catastrophe
Original play written 1982.
- P - John Gielgud
- A - Rebecca Pidgeon
- D - Harold Pinter
- L - ?
- Directed by David Mamet
What Where
Original play written 1983.
- Bam - Sean McGinley
- Bem, Bim and Bom - Gary Lewis
- Directed by Damien O'Donnell
External links
- Beckett on Film home page (http://www.beckettonfilm.com/)