This new edition brings together all of Beckett's dramatic writings
for radio, television and film, offering works which range from
eloquent comic naturalism to an eviscerated and pared-down symbolism.
Above all, Beckett found his unique uses for the radio-play, a medium
'for voices not bodies', compacted of speech, sound and silence - and
the plays in this volume intently explore the resources and limits of
the sound-stage.
_My father, back from the dead, to be with me. (Pause.) As if he
hadn't died. (Pause.) No, simply back from the dead, to be with me, in
this strange place. (Pause.) Can he hear me? (Pause.) Yes, he must
hear me. (Pause.) To answer me? (Pause.) No, he doesn't answer me.
(Pause.) Just be with me. (Pause.) That sound you hear is the sea.
(Pause. Louder.) I say that sound you hear is the sea, we are sitting
on the strand. (Pause.) I mention it because the sound is so strange,
so unlike the sound of the sea, that if you didn't see what it was you
wouldn't know what it was. (Pause.). Hooves!
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_CONTENTS: _All That Fall, Embers, Words and Music, Eh Joe, Quad,
Film, ...but the clouds..., Ghost Trio, Nacht und Träume, Rough for
Radio I, Rough for Radio II, Cascando, The Old Tune
Preface and Notes by Everett Frost
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ISBN
9780571297085
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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