When Shivaun O'Casey first met Irish-born Nobel Literature Prize winner Samuel Beckett, she was a shy young girl of 16 studying acting in London. In the 32 years that have followed that meeting, she has kept in close contact with Beckett, now recognized as one of the leading 20th century playwrights, whose dark visions of life inspired a revolutionary stage movement called … [Read more...] about “Happy Days” For O’Casey and Beckett
Samuel Beckett
The Irish Rep Presents: Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame”
Showing January 25 - March 12, 2023 Irish Repertory Theatre presents Nobel Prize-winning playwright Samuel Beckett's Endgame on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage. Written by Samuel Beckett Directed by Ciarán O'Reilly Starring Bill Irwin, John Douglas Thompson, Joe Grifasi, and Patrice Johnson Chevannes Endgame, Nobel Prize-winning playwright Samuel Beckett’s (1906-1989) … [Read more...] about The Irish Rep Presents: Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame”
Entertainment Outlook for May 2021
Movies and TV A veteran Irish actor and young up-and-comer are in two highly-anticipated movies finally making their way to theaters – or your living room, or wherever you watch movies these days. Irish actress Niamh Lynch has a supporting role in the new Disney flick Cruella, out on May 28. Based on the classic 101 Dalmatians, Cruella stars Emma Stone and tells the … [Read more...] about Entertainment Outlook for May 2021
Beckett Unplugged
Conor Lovett and Judy Hegarty Lovett, leading Beckett interpreters, and John Minihan, the photographer who captured Beckett on film, talk to Rosemary Rogers. Samuel Beckett created the greatest body of literary work – novels, short stories, poetry, essays, and, most famously, plays for theatre, radio, and TV – in the 20th century. But the Irishman and his artistic output is … [Read more...] about Beckett Unplugged
Eimear McBride Takes on Fellowship at Samuel Beckett Research Centre
Award-winning Irish novelist Eimear McBride (right) has been named the inaugural recipient of the University of Reading Samuel Beckett Research Center Creative Fellowship, which provides exclusive access to Beckett’s archives. McBride, whose debut novel A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing won the Goldsmiths Prize in 2013 and the 2014 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, will research … [Read more...] about Eimear McBride Takes on Fellowship at Samuel Beckett Research Centre