All That Fall and Other Plays for Radio and Screen

Resumen del libro

This new edition brings together all of Beckett's dramatic writings for radio, television and film, offering works which range from eloquent comic naturalism to an eviscerated and pared-down symbolism. Above all, Beckett found his unique uses for the radio-play, a medium 'for voices not bodies', compacted of speech, sound and silence - and the plays in this volume intently explore the resources and limits of the sound-stage. My father, back from the dead, to be with me.

(Pause.) As if he hadn't died. (Pause.) No, simply back from the dead, to be with me, in this strange place. (Pause.) Can he hear me? (Pause.) Yes, he must hear me.

(Pause.) To answer me? (Pause.) No, he doesn't answer me. (Pause.) Just be with me. (Pause.) That sound you hear is the sea.

(Pause. Louder.) I say that sound you hear is the sea, we are sitting on the strand. (Pause.) I mention it because the sound is so strange, so unlike the sound of the sea, that if you didn't see what it was you wouldn't know what it was.

(Pause.). Hooves!Contents: All That Fall, Embers, Words and Music, Eh Joe, Quad, Film, ...but the clouds..., Ghost Trio, Nacht und Traume, Rough for Radio I, Rough for Radio II, Cascando, The Old TunePreface and Notes by Everett Frost

Biografía del autor

Samuel Beckett (Dublín, 1906 " París, 1989). Tras cursar estudios en el Trinity College de su ciudad natal, fue nombrado profesor de la École Normal Supérieure de París. En esta ciudad conoció a James Joyce, de quien se convirtió muy pronto en amigo y confidente. Pariticipó activamente en la Resistencia francesa durante la segunda guerra mundial, desdeñando su neutralidad de ciudadano irlandés, y, a partir de 1945, se instaló en Francia, donde escribió toda su obra, indistintamente en inglés o francés. En 1969 recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura; eso no turbó la vida retirada que llevó hasta su muerte. En su obra, se cuentan piezas teatrales (como Esperando a Godot, Fin de partida, Film o Pavesas), narrativa y poesía.