Beginning To End - Samuel Beckett

Beginning To End - Samuel Beckett

Performed by Jack Macgowran

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Beginning
• To
• End
• Samuel
• Beckett
• Jack
• Macgowran

[bbxx44]

I saw this when it was first broadcast and have been looking for it for years. Thank you so much for posting it. Is it available on DVD?

[bensisko16]

@bbxx44 This is the only copy available as far as I know. It was broadcast years ago on RTE (Irish television) and I just happened to have a video recorder ready. I converted the video file to an flv file for upload to YouTube. It's a wonderful video and as far as I know quite rare. If I hear of a DVD version I'll be sure to pass on any info; so glad to see so many admirers of Beckett and of course Jack MacGowran.

[iankelland]

Thank you so much for posting this! I have never before seen the complete performance. Many actors swoon teary-eyed at the mention of the dear late Jackie MacGowran. I've adored him for many years, I've his autograph in my collection - the biography of his life - and I continue to watch and revel at his wonderful performances on film. Thank you!

[bensisko16]

@iankelland so glad I found this rare archive in my collection. I am also so glad to know that there are so many fans of Jack MacGowran and of Beckett. I'm so jealous of your autograph of Jack's but I'm also so glad that his memory will live on so fondly. Thank you for such nice comments.

[mickcleere]

whos the guy tellin the story? its not beckett

[bensisko16]

@mickcleere His name is Jack Macgowran, and he is a famous character actor with a string of film titles roles to his credit. He appeared in the Quiet Man, Doctor Zhivago and Shakespear's King Lear, to name but a few.He is most prominent with Beckett's work and known world wide for this. He performed this whole piece without breaks or editing. Check him out on Wiki or Google.

[ibid54]

Jack Macgowran: a pure genius!

[flipwiggins]

Having grown up with the CBS Late Movie, I have always been a fan of THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS. I had read the Mr. MacGowrans' voice in the movie had been re-dubbed by another actor, but after viewing this performance, I believe that is not the case at all!

[lconn39]

Thanks so much!

[bbxx44]

There was another Beckett performance by Jackie MacGowran t

hat was filmed outdoors. I believe it was shot in the desert in Arizona. That was broadcast on American public television in the 70s.

[iankelland]

A friend of mine once saw a later version of his Beckett show in Ireland and remembered it to me as one of her most amazing nights in the theatre. To see this frail little man with his big sad eyes & this enormous voice filled with energy and poetry! Bless him!

[barryeinstein]

I saw this almost 40 years ago on PBS Thirteen

Have been looking for it ever since