Samuel Beckett - Happy Days

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01A Body Of Becketts20140915In this edition, Irish actor Lisa Dwan describes the demands of performing Beckett and her encounters with some of the actors most closely associated with his work, including Billie Whitelaw.

Producers - Conor Garrett & Stan Ferguson.

Actress Lisa Dwan describes the demands of performing in works by Samuel Beckett.

02Beckett's Living Dead20140916In this edition, journalist and commentator, Fintan O'Toole, reflects on themes of mortality and death in Beckett's work.

Producers: Conor Garrett & Stan Ferguson.

Commentator Fintan O'Toole on themes of mortality and death in Samuel Beckett's work.

03Beckett Expert Dr Mark Nixon On Editing A Beckett Story 80 Years After It Was Written20140917In this edition, Beckett expert Dr Mark Nixon talks about editing Echo's Bones, the Beckett short story recently published some 80 years after it was written.

Producers: Conor Garrett & Stan Ferguson.

04Lost In Translation20140918In this edition, opera director Netia Jones explores the relationship between words and music in Samuel Beckett's work.

Producers: Conor Garrett & Stan Ferguson.

Director Netia Jones on the relationship between words and music in Samuel Beckett's work.

05 LASTBeckett And The Wake20140919Five essays about one of the twentieth century's most fascinating playwrights, Samuel Beckett, recorded in front of an audience at the 2014 Happy Days International Beckett Festival in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Authors include actor Lisa Dwan, now regularly performing his work; Mark Nixon, head of the Beckett International Foundation and journalist and commentator Fintan O'Toole.

In this edition, photographer John Minihan, who took some of the best-known black and white portraits of Samuel Beckett, remembers spending time with a playwright who was often a reluctant subject.

Producers: Conor Garrett & Stan Ferguson.

Photographer John Minihan on taking some of the best-known photographs of Samuel Beckett.