Play by Samuel Beckett Part 2

WATCH PART 1 FIRST!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdTjRumkT9k
Play is a play by Samuel Beckett. It was written between 1962 and 1963. This is a version directed by Anthony Minghella for Beckett on Film project.
Text of the play: http://www.drama21c.net/text/play.htm

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Film & Animation

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• Play
• Samuel
• Beckett
• Film
• Anthony
• Minghella

[08eks]

I love absurdist theatre you understand but cannot explain it...it's like being insane...

[MissGuideMe]

"Is it something I should do with my face, other than utter? Weep?"

That slight cocking of the head. Perfect.

A masterpiece.

Thanks for posting this.

[valena143]

Wooow.. I was LOST AT FIRST.

[Misantropist]

I doubt it.

[thaddeuslowe]

@08eks I do not think so with all respect. It it quite realistic, quite sane, unfortunately.

[rontomcol]

@emmahouli yeah, sounds like you could do with a break from Beckett. How about Brecht?! ;-) Actually, I was reading Baal the other day and it reminded me a bit of Beckett. It has the same wit and lyricism.

'But Teddy, he was a hard worker. Teddy was generous. Teddy was friendly. One thing is certain: Teddy was.'

:-)) Good luck with your paper.

[emmahouli]

@rontomcol Ha no bother, I was actually writing a paper on Beckett and social media when I saw your comment and had to jump in...

No actually I haven't read anything other than his plays but I only have a handful of them left to read and then I need a break i'd say =)

[rontomcol]

@emmahouli :-) thanks for this - have you read Beckett's poetry?

'my way is in the sand flowing

between the shingle and the dune...

my peace is there in the receding mist

when I may cease from treading these long shifting thresholds

and live the space of a door

that opens and shuts'

It was this that made me think of the 'wasteland of words' as you describe. I think the 'peace' the speaker of the poem finds in the 'receding mist' is crucial when interpreting Beckett's other works, e.g. Play

[emmahouli]

@rabadooda Either that or you are showing a lack of imagination. It's too easy to think "Twitter bad, Beckett Good" the only reason why people think that is because they have not yet thought of a way in which the 140 characters can be creative and beautiful. Also they didn't say "Beckett definitely means this". @rontomcol 's interpretation of a wasteland of words while it's not the only way of seeing it it is a perfectly valid one and can be seen thought out all of Beckett's works