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Samuel Beckett: Three Plays
| Eh Joe
1988, 20 min, B&W
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Footfalls
1988, 31 min., B&W
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Rockaby
1988, 18 min., B&W
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Joe: Klaus Herm
Voice: Billie Whitelaw |
May: Billie Whitelaw
Voice: Christine Collins |
Woman and Voice:
Billie Whitelaw |
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Comments
Produced with the assistance of Beckett himself, this trio of plays from 1988 all feature Billie Whitelaw. Unfortunately, the collection is priced for academia, and not the common viewer. Films for the Humanities & Sciences provides the following commentary:
Filmed only a year before Samuel Beckett’s death in 1989, these special studio recordings of "Eh Joe," "Footfalls," and "Rockaby" -- brief, concentrated, and pared down to the absolute essentials, even to the exclusion of color -- are the definitive productions, made in collaboration with the Nobel Laureate himself and featuring his favorite and most-trusted actress, Billie Whitelaw. Together these plays explore the themes of consciousness and self-image, in Beckett’s inimitable style.
Ordering Information
FHS "Three Plays" Page -- The entry for Samuel Beckett: Three Plays at the Films for the Humanities & Sciences homepage.
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--Allen B. Ruch
6 March 2003
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