Tag Archives: Beckett International Foundation

Samuel Beckett Summer School, 2016

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Cindy

Will Davies, a PhD student in the Department of English Literature, writes: Over the summer, I spent a week at Trinity College, Dublin, home of the Samuel Beckett Summer School and Beckett’s alma mater. Supported by the generous bursary of … Continue reading →

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Reading Beckett Week

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Cindy

Reading Beckett Week runs from Wednesday 1st October to Saturday 4th October 2014. The week consists of an exhibition and series of events to showcase Reading University’s internationally renowned collection of manuscripts from the Nobel Prize-winning writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989). … Continue reading →

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Reading academic revives 80 year-old Beckett work

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Cindy

Dr Mark Nixon has been the inspiration behind the first new Samuel Beckett text to be published in almost 20 years. Dr Mark Nixon, one of the world’s leading Beckett scholars, has brought to life ‘Echo’s Bones’ 80 years after … Continue reading →

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Staging Beckett: Ian Rickson in conversation with Mark Taylor-Batty

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Cindy

The University of Reading, the Staging Beckett project, and the Beckett International Foundation are delighted to present a conversation with acclaimed theatre director Ian Rickson, who will be talking about the challenges of directing the work of Samuel Beckett and … Continue reading →

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Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece acquired by the university

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Cindy

The University is delighted to announce that it has acquired the working manuscript of Samuel Beckett’s first major work, Murphy, at the cost of £962,500, at an auction at Sotheby’s in London today. The hand-written manuscript, which has been in … Continue reading →

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Beckett International Foundation event

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Cindy

The Beckett International Foundation at the University of Reading presents: Lisa Dwan in Samuel Beckett’s Not I 26 April and 27 April 2013 Minghella Building, Whiteknights campus 6.30pm – Doors open 7.30pm – Performance The University is proud to present … Continue reading →

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We are pleased to announce the Beckett 2013 conference

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Cindy

The Minghella Building, University of Reading, 4-7 April 2013 Beckett at Reading 2013  Celebrating 25 years of the Beckett International Foundation Organised by the departments of English Literature, Art, and Film, Theatre and Television  In 1988, with the support of … Continue reading →

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Beckett at Reading 2013

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Cindy

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Beckett International Foundation 4-7 April 2013 For more information, please go to http://www.beckettfoundation.org.uk/events/

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