
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996 en 103 minutes
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Plot
A two-part biography of the Irish writer Samuel Beckett. The first part covers the traumas of his formative years: his ill-fated love affair with his first cousin, the death of his father, and his decorated service with the French Resistance. He had settled in France before the Second World War, met fellow Irishman James Joyce, and begun writing. Patrick Magee's television performance of `Krapp's Last Tape' (1972) is interwoven with key landscapes and personalities from Beckett's life. The second part concludes the story of how Beckett finally began to connect with his audience, principally through `Waiting for Godot'. Includes an interview with the actress Billie Whitelaw, a celebrated interpreter of his work.
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Cast

Ronald Pickup
Narrator

Stephen Rea
Voice

Denys Hawthorne
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Patrick Magee
Archival Footage

Billie Whitelaw
interviewee

John Calder
Interviewee

Marthe Gautier
Interviewee

Marie Kean
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J.G Delvin
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Stephen Brennan
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Daphne Carroll
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Bosco Hogan
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John Kavanagh
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Pat Laffen
Voice