Samuel Beckett As the Story Was Told

A twopart biography of the Irish writer Samuel Beckett The first part covers the traumas of his formative years his illfated 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 Magees television performance of Krapps Last Tape 1972 is interwoven with key landscapes and personalities from Becketts 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