Peephole Art: Beckett for Television
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Title
Peephole Art: Beckett for Television
Subject
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
Description
"This is the only existing program focusing on works by Samuel Beckett written or adapted especially for the screen"--Container. It includes Not I, Film, Quad, and What Where shown in their entirety. Interspersed among the works are comments about Beckett's view of the screen and his involvement with the works themselves.
Not I: a Global Village production ; theater direction, Larry Sacharow -- Film: directed by Alan Schneider -- Quad: a Global Village production ; choreography by Suzanne Lek Dance Co. -- What where: a Global Village production ; theater direction, Stan Gontarski.
Publisher
New York, NY: Global Village
Date
1992
Relation
1966-1989 exhibit case
To Reinhart Müller-Freienfels, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Stuttgart, 30 January 1980, with the television script of Quadrat enclosed:
"Herewish a crazy invention for TV.
"Apart from the basic structure it is open to discussion in all its aspects: light, colour, costume, types of percussion, tempo, etc. A collective undertaking if there ever was one.
"You are the first to see it and would be, if you were interested, the first to produce it."
Müller-Freienfels reply, 6 February: "Of course we would be very happy to produce this new project with you, it breaks new ground for television."
-The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1966-1989, p. 522
"Herewish a crazy invention for TV.
"Apart from the basic structure it is open to discussion in all its aspects: light, colour, costume, types of percussion, tempo, etc. A collective undertaking if there ever was one.
"You are the first to see it and would be, if you were interested, the first to produce it."
Müller-Freienfels reply, 6 February: "Of course we would be very happy to produce this new project with you, it breaks new ground for television."
-The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1966-1989, p. 522
Format
1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
jpeg; 300 ppi
Language
English
Type
Motion Picture
Identifier
Peephole-Art-01.jpg; Peephole-Art-02.jpg
Extent
circa 58 minutes
1 VHS cassette
2 scans
Citation
“Peephole Art: Beckett for Television,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 16, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/14905.
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