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Beckett on Film

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2002

October 1, 2002 by </a> By Irish America Staff<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2002-archive/october-november-2002/">October / November 2002</a> Leave a Comment

Cannel Thirteen/WNET's Stage on Screen is offering a two-part special on Samuel Beckett, the first of which, Beckett on Film, will air at 10:00p.m. on September 15. The second, Waiting for Godot, starring Barry McGovern and Johnny Murphy, will air on January 1, 2003. Beckett on film will feature seven short Beckett plays directed and starring many notables of stage and screen … [Read more...] about Beckett on Film

Celebrating Beckett on Film

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2001

February 1, 2001 by </a> By Irish America Staff<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2001-archive/april-may-2001/">April / May 2001</a> Leave a Comment

Dublin: From Feb. 1 through Feb. 8 the Irish Film Center's two theaters were filled with fans eager to catch the premieres of cinematic versions of all 19 of Samuel Beckett's stage plays. Nearly every screening sold out well in advance. Famous names and directors associated with the project include David Mamet, who directed a seven-minute version of Catastrophe starring … [Read more...] about Celebrating Beckett on Film

September 25, 1917

Thomas Ashe, member of the Gaelic League, the Irish Republican Brotherhood and one of the founders of the Irish Volunteers, died from a hunger strike on this day in 1917. Ashe, who was born in Co. Kerry, took part in the Easter Uprising of 1916 as a commander of the Fingal Battalion of the Irish Volunteers. On May 8, 1916, both Ashe and De Valera were court martialled by the British and sentenced to death. He was released but then charged with sedition and returned to prison in August of 1917. There, he began a hunger strike in protest that he be treated with a prisoner of war status.

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