Works

ACT WITHOUT WORDS I (ACTE SANS PAROLES I)

Mime, written 1956 in French, with music by John Beckett (since withdrawn) 
First published: Paris 1957; New York 1958 
First production: Royal Court Theatre, London, 1957, directed by Deryk Mendel 

1. Act without Words (Ireland, 1963)

  • RTE
  • Directed by: Donald McWhinnie and Chloe Gibson
  • Cast: Jack MacGowran

2. Acte sans paroles (France, 1965)

  • Les Cineastes Associés
  • By Bruno and Guido Bettiol
  • Film with puppets
  • Held by: BFI

3. Acta senza parole (Italy, 1966, 9 mins)

  • Opus Films Rome
  • Directed by: Carlo di Carlo

4. Act without Words I (UK, 17 mins)

  • By Barry Smith's Theatre of Puppets
  • Film with puppets
  • Distributed by: Jane Balfour, London

ACT WITHOUT WORDS II (ACTE SANS PAROLES II)

Mime, written 1956 in French
First published: Paris 1957; Oxford 1959
First production: Clarendon Press Institute, Oxford, 1959,
directed by John McGrath

5. The Goad (UK, 1965, 17 mins, b&w film)

  • Twin Digit Productions
  • Directed by: Paul Joyce
  • Cast: Freddie Jones
  • Distributed by: Grove Weidenfeld

6. Act without Words II (USA, 1966)

  • NBC
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Cast: Moffat, Dixon

ALL THAT FALL (TOUS CEUX QUI TOMBENT)

Radio play, written 1956 in English
First published: New York, London 1957; Paris 1957

7. All That Fall (UK, 1957, 69 mins)

  • BBC Radio
  • Directed by: Donald McWhinnie
  • Cast: Mary O'Farrell, J.G. Devlin, Allen McClelland, Brian O'Higgins, Harry Hutchinson, Patrick Magee, Jack MacGowran, Shela Ward, Peggy Marshall, Terrance Farrel

8. Alle, die da fallen (Germany, 1957, 79 mins)

  • NDR
  • Directed by: Fritz Schroder-Jahn

9. Allen die vallen (Netherlands, 1959)

  • VPRO Radio
  • Directed by: Koos Mulder
  • Cast: Philip Lachapelle, Richard Flink, Jan Apon, Mien van Kerkhoven-Kling, Pierre Mien, Sacco van der Made, Jan Wechter, Annie de Lange, Godert van Gonjon, Tine de Vries

10. Tous ceux qui tombent (France, 1963, 55 mins, b&w)

  • Télévision Française I
  • Directed by: Michel Mitrani
  • Cast: Alice Sapritch, Pierre Palau, Christian Marin, Guy Tréjean, Hubert Deschamps
  • Adaptation for television
  • Held by: INA

11. All That Fall (USA, 1986, 61 mins)

  • Soundscape Inc, RIAS Berlin / NPR
  • Directed by: Everett Frost
  • Cast: Billie Whitelaw, David Warrilow, Alvin Epstein, George Bartenieff, Brad Friedman, Susan Willis, Jerome Kilty, Lute Ramblin', Melissa Cooper, Christine Eddis
  • Sound effects: Charles Potter
  • With a discussion about the play

12. Allen die vallen (Belgium, 1991, 85 mins)

  • BRT
  • Directed by: Martine Ketelbuters
  • Cast: Denise Deweerdt, Jo Demeyere, Walter Cornelis, Alex Wilequet, Jeanine Schevernels, Anton Cogen, Oswald Versijp, Ben van Ostade, Marleen Maes, Peter Booms

13. All That Fall (Ireland, 60 mins)

  • Directed by: Dan Treaton
  • Cast: Bosco Hogan, Aidan Grennell

... BUT THE CLOUDS ...

Television play, written 1976 in English
First published: New York 1976

14. ... but the clouds ... (UK, 1977, 16 mins)

  • BBC with Reiner Moritz (Tristram Powell)
  • Directed by: Donald McWhinnie and Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Ronald Pickup, Billie Whitelaw


15. ... nur noch Gewölk ... (Germany, 1977, 17 mins)

  • SDR
  • Directed by: Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Klaus Herm, Cornelia Boje


16. ... jack obloki ... (Poland, 1987)

  • Theatre Center "Warsztatowa"
  • Directed by: Antoni Libera
  • Cast: Henryk B, Iiena Jun

CASCANDO (CASCANDO)

Radio play, written 1962 in French, with music by Marcel Mihalovici
First published: Frankfurt 1963 (in French); New York 1963


17. Cascando (France, 1963)

  • ORTF
  • Directed by: Roger Blin
  • Cast: Roger Blin, Jean Martin


18. Cascando (UK, 1964, 21 mins)

  • BBC Third Programme
  • Directed by: Donald McWhinnie
  • Cast: Denys Hawthorne, Patrick Magee
  • With Mihalovici's music


19. Cascando (Netherlands, 1970, 19 mins)

  • Toneelgroep Studio / NOS
  • Directed by: Lodewijk de Boer
  • Cast: Broes Hartman
  • Music composed by Lodewijk de Boer


20. Cascando (UK, 1984, 25 mins

  • Produced by: Katherine Worth for UL-AVC
  • Directed by: David Clark
  • Cast: David Warrilow, Sean Barrett
  • Music composed by Humphrey Searle, performed by the London Sinfonietta


21. Cascando (USA, 1988, 59 mins)

  • Voices International with WDR / NPR
  • Directed by: Everett Frost
  • Cast: Alvin Epstein, Frederic Neumann
  • Music composed by William Kraft, performed by Speculum Musicae
  • With a discussion of the play


22. Cascando (Belgium, 1991, 22 mins)

  • BRT
  • Directed by: Martine Ketelbuters
  • Cast: Alex Wilequet, Dries Wieme
  • Music: Peter Jaquemyn


23. Cascando (Ireland, 1991, 18 mins)

  • RTE
  • Directed by: William Styles
  • Cast: Bosco Hogan, Frank O'Dwyer
  • Music by Gerard Victory

CATASTROPHE (CATASTROPHE)

Theatre play, written 1982 in French
First published: Paris 1982; London 1984
First production: Avignon Festival, 1982, directed by Stephan Meldbegg


24. Catastrophe (USA, 1983)

  • Harold Clurman Theater / NYPL
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Cast (with nos 106, 153): Donald Davies, Rand Mitchell, Margaret Reed, David Warrilow, Daniel Worth


25. Catastrophe (France, 1986)

  • Helen Gary Bishop / La SEPT
  • Directed by: Helen Gary Bishop
  • Cast: Pierre Chabert

COMPANY (COMPAGNIE)

Prose, written 1980 in English
First published: London, New York 1980; Paris 1980


26. Company (UK, 1980, 70 mins)

  • BBC Radio
  • Cast: Patrick Magee


27. Compagnie (France, 1984, 65 mins)

  • Théâtre du Rond-Point / CNRS, François Luxereau
  • Directed by: Pierre Chabert
  • Cast: Pierre Dux

28. Compagnie (France)

  • Directed by: Marie-Noëlle Cadian and Jean-Pierre Soussigne


29. Gesellschaft (Germany, 92 mins)

  • SDR
  • Directed by: Walter Asmus
  • Cast: Fritz Lichtenhahn

DANTE AND THE LOBSTER

Prose, from More Pricks than Kicks, written 1932 in English
First published: The Hague 1932; London 1934


30. Dante and the Lobster / From an Abandoned Work (Ireland, 1986)

  • The Abbey Theatre
  • Directed by: Kathleen Barrington
  • Cast: Barry McGovern
  • Sound cassette

EH JOE (DIS JOE)

Television play, written 1965 in English
First published: London 1967; Paris 1966


31. Eh Joe (UK, 1966, 19 mins)

  • BBC
  • Directed by: Alan Gibson and Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Jack MacGowran, Sian Phillips


32. Eh Joe (USA, 1966, 34 mins, film)

  • WNDT Newark / NYTT, Glenn Jordan
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Cast: George Rose, Rosemary Harris
  • Distributed by: Grove Weidenfeld


33. He Joe (Germany, 1966, 29 mins)

  • SDR
  • Directed by: Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Deryk Mendel, Nancy Illig


34. Dis Joe (France, 1968, 19 mins, b&w)

  • ORTF
  • Directed by: Pierre Bureau
  • Cast: Madeleine Renaud, Jean-Louis Barrault
  • Held by: INA


35. Eh Joe (UK, 1972, 21 mins)

  • Produced by: Katherine Worth for UL-AVC
  • Directed by: David Clark
  • Cast: Patrick Magee, Elvi Hale


36. Dis Joe (France, 1975, 22 mins)

  • Directed by: Michel Mitrani
  • Cast: Jean-Louis Barrault, Madeleine Renaud


37. He Joe (Germany, 1979, 21 mins)

  • SDR
  • Directed by: Samuel Beckett and Walter Asmus
  • Cast: Heinz Bennent, Irmgard Först


38. Eh Joe (Spain, 1985)

  • TV España
  • Directed by: Alfredo Castellon


39. Eh Joe (Ireland, 1987, 38 mins)

  • Yellow Asylum
  • Directed by: Alan Gilsenan
  • Cast: Tom Hickey, Siobhan McKenna


40. Ej Joe (Poland, 1988)

  • Theatre Centre "Warsztatowa"
  • Directed by: Antoni Libera
  • Cast: Henryk B, Iiena Jun


41. Eh Joe (1989, 22 mins)

  • SDR / Channel 4 / RTE / La SEPT
  • Directed by: Walter Asmus and Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Billie Whitelaw

EMBERS (CENDRES)

Radio play, written 1959 in English
First published: London, New York 1959; Paris 1959


42. Embers (UK, 1959, 45 mins)

  • BBC
  • Directed by: Donald McWhinnie
  • Cast: Jack MacGowran, Kathleen Michael, Kathleen Helme, Patrick Magee
  • Music performed by Cicely Hoye


43. Embers (UK, 1975, 25 mins)

  • Produced by: Katherine Worth for UL-AVC
  • Directed by: David Clark
  • Cast: Patrick Magee, Elvi Hale, Nigel Anthony


44. Embers (USA, 1989, 50 mins)

  • Voices International / NPR
  • Directed by: Everett Frost
  • Cast: Barry McGovern, Billie Whitelaw


45. Sintels (Belgium, 1991, 57 mins)

  • BRT
  • Directed by: Martine Ketelbuters
  • Cast: Rik Vanuffelen, Dora van der Groen, Ben van Ostade, Sofie Laenen


46. Aschenglut (Germany, 61 mins)

  • SDR


47. Embers (Ireland, 44 mins)

  • RTE
  • Directed by: William Styles
  • Cast: Barry McGovern, Geraldine Plunkett

ENDGAME (FIN DE PARTIE)

Theatre play, written 1956 in French
First published: Paris 1957; New York, London 1958
First production: Fin de Partie, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1957,
directed by Roger Blin


48. Endgame (UK, 1962, 93 mins)

  • BBC Radio
  • Directed by: Michael Blakewell
  • Cast: Donald Wolfit, Maurice Denham


49. Fin de partie (France, 1962, 120 mins)

  • Théâtre de Babylone
  • Cast: Roger Blin, Jean Martin
  • Sound recording


50. Endspiel (Germany, 1967[9?])

  • Schiller Theater Werkstatt / NDR
  • Directed by: Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Werner Stock, Gudrun Genest, Ernst Schroder, Horst Bollmann


51. Fin de partie (Germany, 1971, 95 mins)

  • Schiller Theater
  • Directed by: Samuel Beckett


52. Endgame (USA, 1980)

  • Manhattan Theater Club / NYPL
  • Directed by: Joseph Chaikin


53. Fin de partie (France, 1981)

  • Théâtre Jean Vilar/ CNRS, Denis Bablet
  • Directed by: Armand Delcampe
  • Cast: Jacquie Hanich, Denis Bablet, François Didio


54. Endgame (USA, 1984)

  • Harold Clurman Theater / NYPL
  • Directed by: Alvin Epstein


55. Final de Partida (Spain, 1984)

  • TV España


56. Endgame (USA, 1985)

  • American Repertory Theater / NYPL
  • Directed by: JoAnne Akalaitis


57. Endgame (USA, 1991, 88 mins, 16 mm film)

  • San Quentin Drama Workshop / Visual Press, "Beckett Directs Beckett" series
  • Directed by: Alan Mandell, following Samuel Beckett (theatre), Robert Bilheimer (film)
  • Cast: Bud Thorpe, Rick Cluchey, Alan Mandell, Teresita Garcia Suro
  • Distributed by: Smithsonian Institution Press (USA); Les Iditions du Seuil (France); Reiner Moritz (elsewhere)


58. Endgame (USA, 90 mins)

  • Evergreen Theater
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Sound recording

ENOUGH (ASSEZ)

Prose, written 1966 in French
First published: Paris 1966; London 1967


59. Enough (UK, 1982)

  • National Theatre at the Cottesloe
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Cast: Billie Whitelaw


60. Enough (USA, 1984)

  • Samuel Beckett Theater / NYPL
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Cast: Billie Whitelaw

FILM (FILM)

Screenplay, written 1963 in English
First published: London 1967; Paris 1972


61. Film (USA, 1964, 22 mins, b&w film)

  • Evergreen Theater
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Cast: Buster Keaton, Nell Harrison, James Karen, Susan Reed
  • Distributed by: Grove Weidenfeld


62. Film (UK, 1979, 22 mins)

  • UL-AVC
  • Directed by: David R. Clark
  • Cast: Max Wall
  • Held by: BFI

FOOTFALLS (PAS)

Theatre play, written 1975 in English
First published: London 1975; Paris 1977
First production: Royal Court Theatre, London, 1976,
directed by Samuel Beckett


63. Footfalls (USA, 1984)

  • Samuel Beckett Theater / NYPL
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Cast: Billie Whitelaw


64. Footfalls (1989, 79 mins)

  • SDR / Channel 4 / RTE / La SEPT
  • Directed by: Walter Asmus and Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Billie Whitelaw

GHOST TRIO

Television play, written 1975 in English
First published: New York 1976


65. Geister-trio (Germany, 1977, 20 mins)

  • SDR
  • Directed by: Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Klaus Herm, Irmgard Först


66. Ghost Trio (UK, 1977, 21 mins)

  • BBC with Reiner Moritz
  • Directed by: Donald McWhinnie and Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Ronald Pickup, Billie Whitelaw, Rupert Horder


67. Trio Widm (Poland, 1988, 21 mins)

  • Theatre Centre "Warsztatowa"
  • Director: Antoni Libera
  • Cast: Henryk B, Iiena Jun, MariLn Mikolajezyk

HAPPY DAYS (OH LES BEAUX JOURS)

Theatre play, written 1961 in English
First published: New York 1961; Paris 1963
First production: Cherry Lane Theater, New York, 1961, directed by Alan Schneider


68. Glückliche Tage (Switzerland, 1963, 65 mins)

  • Radio Zürich
  • Directed by: Robert Bichler
  • Cast: Maria Wimmer, Alfred Schlageter


69. Oh les beaux jours (France, 1964)

  • Disques Adès (l'Avant scène)
  • Directed by: Roger Blin
  • Cast: Madeleine Renaud, Jean-Louis Barrault
  • L.P. record, no TS 30 LA 568


70. Oh les beaux jours (France, 1965, 99 mins)

  • Théâtre de France
  • Directed by: Roger Blin
  • Cast: Madeleine Renaud, Jean-Louis Barrault
  • Sound recording


71. Oh les beaux jours (France, 1971, 90 mins)

  • ORTF
  • Directed by: Roger Blin
  • Cast: Madeleine Renaud, Jean-Louis Barrault
  • Held by: INA


72. Happy Days (UK, 1979, 96 mins)

  • BBC
  • Directed by: Samuel Beckett and Tristram Powell
  • Cast: Billie Whitelaw, Leonard Fenton


73. Glückliche Tage (Germany, 1986)

  • ZDF


74. Happy Days (USA, 1987, 96 mins)

  • Global Village
  • Directed by: Shivuan O'Casey
  • Cast: Aideen O'Kelly


75. Happy Days (UK, 83 mins)

  • The Old Vic Theatre
  • Directed by: Peter Hall
  • Cast: Peggy Ashcroft, Ann Webb
  • Sound recording

HOW IT IS (COMMENT C'EST)

Prose, written 1961 in French
First published: Paris 1961; New York, London 1964


76. Comment c'est (France)

  • Directed by: Marie-Noëlle Cadian and Jean-Pierre Soussigne


77. How It Is (UK)

  • BBC
  • Read by: Patrick Magee

ILL SEEN ILL SAID (MAL VU MAL DIT)

Prose, written in 1981 in French
First published: Paris 1981; New York 1981


78. Ill Seen Ill Said (UK, 1982, 70 mins)

  • BBC Radio
  • Directed by: Ronald Mason
  • Read by: Patrick Magee

IMAGINATION DEAD IMAGINE (IMAGINATION MORTE IMAGINEZ)

Prose, written 1965 in French
First published: Paris 1965; London, New York 1966


79. MacGowran Reading Beckett (UK, 1969)

  • BBC
  • Directed by: Jim Fitzgerald
  • Read by: Jack MacGowran

KRAPP'S LAST TAPE (LA DERNIERE BANDE)

Theatre play, written 1957 in English
First published: New York 1958; Paris 1959
First production: Royal Court Theatre, London, 1958,
directed by Donald McWhinnie

 

80. La dernière bande (France, 1961, 32 mins)

  • Théâtre de Babylone
  • Directed by: Roger Blin
  • Cast: Jean Martin


81. Krapp's Last Tape (UK, 1963)

  • BBC
  • Directed by: Prudence Fitzgerald
  • Cast: Cyril Cusack


82. Das letzte Band (Germany, 1969, 87 mins)

  • Schiller-Theater Werkstatt / WDR
  • Directed by: Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Martin Held


83. Krapp's Last Tape (USA, 1970, 54 mins)

  • WNET
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Cast: Jack MacGowran
  • Distributed by: Pennebaker


84. Krapps laatste band (Netherlands, 1970, 37 mins)

  • Directed by: Lodewijk de Boer
  • Cast: Gees Linnebank
  • Sound recording


85. Krapp's Last Tape (UK, 1972, 35 mins)

  • BBC
  • Directed by: Donald McWhinnie
  • Cast: Patrick Magee


86. Krapps laatste band (Netherlands, 1975, 35 mins)

  • Avro
  • Directed by: Hero Muller
  • Cast: Gees Linnebank


87. Krapp's Last Tape (Australia, 1980)

  • University of Melbourne
  • Directed by: Colin Duckworth
  • Cast: Robin Cummings


88. La dernière bande (France, 1983)

  • Antenne 2
  • Directed by: Marcel Bluwal
  • Cast: François Simon


89. La dernière bande (France, 1987)

  • Antenne 2
  • Directed by: Roger Blin
  • Cast: Stewart Seide


90. Krapp's Last Tape (USA, 1988, 46 mins)

  • San Quentin Drama Workshop / Visual Press, "Beckett Directs Beckett" series
  • Directed by: Walter Asmus
  • Cast: Rick Cluchey
  • Distributed by: Smithsonian Institution Press (USA); Les Éditi

THE LOST ONES (LE DIPEUPLEUR)

Prose, written 1966-70 in French
First published: Paris 1971; London 1972

 

94. The Lost Ones (USA, 1976)

  • Mabou Mines, New York
  • Directed by: Lee Breuer
  • Cast: David Warrilow

MALONE DIES (MALONE MEURT)

Prose, written 1948 in French
First published: Paris 1951; New York, London 1956

 

95. Malone (Ireland, 58 mins)

  • Read by: Cyril Cusack


96. Malone Dies (Ireland)

  • RTE
  • A reading in 20 extracts

MOLLOY (MOLLOY)

Prose, written 1947-49 in French
First published: Paris 1950; Paris 1955 (in English)

 

97. Molloy (Ireland, 58 mins)

  • Read by: Cyril Cusack


98. Molloy (France)

  • Directed by: Marie-Noëlle Cadian and Jean-Pierre Soussigne

NACHT UND TRÄUME

Television play, written c1982-83 in German
First published: London 1984

 

99. Nacht und Träume (Germany, 1983, 11 mins)

  • SDR
  • Directed by: Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Helfrid Foron, Stephan Pritz, Dirk Morgner


100. Noc i Sny (Poland, 1988)

  • Theatre Centre "Warsztatowa"
  • Directed by: Antoni Libera
  • Cast: Henryk B, Iiena Jun and Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

NEITHER

Opera libretto, written 1976 in English for Morton Feldman (q.v., Section IV)
First published: London 1990
First production: Rome Opera, 1977

 

101. neither (Germany, 1991) SDR, Barrie Gavin

  • Soprano: Sarah Leonard
  • Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester, Frankfurt, directed by Zoltan Pesko

NOT I (PAS MOI)

Theatre play, written 1972 in English
First published: London 1973; Paris 1975
First production: Lincoln Center, New York, 1972, directed by Alan Schneider

 

102. Not I (UK, 1977, 12 mins)

  • BBC with Reiner Moritz
  • Directed by: Anthony Page and Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Billie Whitelaw


103. Not I (USA, 1989, 15 mins)

  • Global Village
  • Directed by: Larry Sacharow and John Reilly
  • Cast: Margo Lee Sherman


104. Niet ik (Netherlands)

  • Toneelgroep Studio
  • Directed by: Lodewijk de Boer
  • Cast: Gees Linnebank
  • Theatre registration

OHIO IMPROMPTU (L'IMPROMPTU D'OHIO)

Theatre play, written 1980-81 in English
First published: New York, 1981; Paris 1982
First production: Ohio State University, 1981, directed by Alan Schneider

 

105. Ohio Impromptu (USA, 1982)

  • Magic Theater, San Francisco
  • Directed by: Stan Gontarski


106. Ohio Impromptu (USA, 1983)

  • Harold Clurman Theater / NYPL
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Cast: David Warrilow, Margaret Reed


107. mpromptu d'Ohio (France, 1986)

  • Helen Gary Bishop / La SEPT
  • Directed by: Pierre Chabert

PLAY (COMIDIE)

Theatre play, written 1962-63 in English
First published: Hannover 1963 (in German); London 1964; Paris 1964
First production: Spiel, Ulmer Theater, Ulm-Donau, 1963

 

108. Spel (Netherlands, 1962, 30 mins)

  • Toneelgroep Studio
  • Directed by: Kees van Iersel


109. Comédie (France, 1966, film)

  • M.K. Productions, Festival of Venice
  • Directed by: Marin Karmitz, Jean-Marie Serreau, Jean Ravel, and Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Michael Lonsdale, Delphine Seyrig, El&eacut;onore Hirt


110. Play (UK, 1966, 40 mins)

  • BBC
  • Directed by: Bennett Maxwell
  • Cast: Billie Whitelaw, Robert Stephens

QUAD

Television ballet, written c.1981 in English
First published: London 1984

 

111. Quadrat 1 + 2 (Germany, 1981, 15 mins)

  • SDR, Reinhart Mhller-Freienfels
  • Directed by: Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Helfrid Foron, Jhrg Hummel, Claudia Knupfer, Susanne Rehe
  • Percussion: Albrecht Schrade, J`rg Schaefer, Hans-Jochen Rubik, Gyula Racz


112. Quad (UK, 1982)

  • BBC 2


113. Quad I & II (USA, 1988)

  • Global Village
  • Choreography by: Suzanne Lek

ROCKABY (BERCEUSE)

Theatre play, written 1979-81 in English
First published: New York 1981; Paris 1982
First production: Center for Theater Research, Buffalo N.Y., 1981, directed by Alan Schneider

 

114. Rockaby (UK, 1981)

  • BBC
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Cast: Billie Whitelaw


115. Rockaby (USA, 1984)

  • Samuel Beckett Theater / NYPL
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Cast: Billie Whitelaw


116. Rockaby (Germany, 1989, 79 mins)

  • SDR / Channel 4 / RTE / La SEPT
  • Directed by: Walter Asmus and Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Billie Whitelaw


117. Berceuse (France, 1986)

  • New York University / La SEPT
  • Directed by: Pierre Chabert

ROUGH FOR RADIO I (ESQUISSE RADIOPHONIQUE)

Radio play, written 1961 in French
First published: Paris 1973; New York 1976

 

118. Radio I (Netherlands, 1991, 22 mins)

  • NOS, Richard Rijnvos
  • Directed by: Richard Rijnvos
  • Cast: Michael Gough, Joan Plowright, John Cage
  • Music composed by Richard Rijnvos, performed by the Ives Ensemble

ROUGH FOR RADIO II (POCHADE RADIOPHONIQUE)

Radio play, written c.1962 in French
First published: Paris 1973; New York 1976

 

119. Rough for Radio (UK, 1976, 21 mins)

  • BBC
  • Directed by: Martin Esslin
  • Cast: Billie Whitelaw, Harold Pinter, Patrick Magee, Michael Deacon


120. Pochade Radiophonique (Germany, 1978, 30 mins)

  • SDR
  • Directed by: Otto Luben


121. Rough for Radio II (USA, 1989, 60 mins)

  • Voices International / NPR
  • Directed by: Everett Frost
  • Cast: Amanda Plummer, Barry McGovern, W. Dennis Hunt, Charles Potter
  • With a discussion about the play


122. Rough for Radio II (Ireland, 1991, 30 mins)

  • RTE
  • Directed by: William Styles
  • Cast: Daniel Reardon, Collette Proctor, Brendan O'Duill, Peter Dix


123. Ruwe schets voor radio (Belgium, 1991, 21 mins

  • BRT
  • Directed by: Bart Stouten
  • Cast: Walter Cornelis, Ugo Prinsen, Marleen Maes

ROUGH FOR THEATRE I (FRAGMENT DE THÉÂTRE)

Theatre play, written 1959 in French
First published: Paris 1974; New York 1976
First production: Schiller Theater, Hamburg, 1979, directed by Walter Asmus

 

124. Theatre I (USA, 1985)

  • La Mama E.T.C. / NYPL
  • Directed by: Gerald Thomas
  • Cast (with nos 126, 130): Frederic Neumann, Julia Beck, George Bartenieff


125. Rough for Theatre I (USA, 1987)

  • Magic Theater San Francisco
  • Directed by: Stan Gontarski

ROUGH FOR THEATRE II (FRAGMENT DE THÉÂTRE II)

Theatre, written 1960 in French
First published: New York 1976; Paris 1978
First production: Schiller Theater, Hamburg, 1979, directed by Walter Asmus

 

126. Theatre II (USA, 1985)
La Mama E.T.C. / NYPL
Directed by: Gerald Thomas
Cast: (see no 124)

127. Fragment de théâtre II (France)

  • J.N.P. Productions
  • Directed by: Marie-Noëlle Cadian and Jean-Pierre Soussigne
  • Cast: Marie-Noëlle Cadian, Violaine Malglaire

STIRRINGS STILL (SOUBRESAUTS)

Prose, written 1984 in English
First published: New York 1989; Paris 1989

128. Stirrings Still (UK, 1989)

  • BBC Radio 3
  • Read by: Barry McGovern


129. Stirrings Still (USA, 1990)

  • Global Village
  • Read by: Chris O'Neill

THAT TIME (CETTE FOIS)

Theatre play, written 1974-75 in English
First published: New York 1976; Paris 1978
First production: Royal Court Theatre, London, 1976, directed by Donald McWhinnie

 

130. That Time (USA, 1985)

  • La Mama E.T.C. / NYPL
  • Directed by: Gerald Thomas
  • Cast: (see no 124)

THE UNNAMABLE (L'INNOMMABLE)

Prose, written 1949-50 in French
First published: Paris 1953; New York 1958

 

131. The Unnamable (USA, 1971)

  • KCET
  • Directed by: Lewis Freedman
  • Cast: Jack MacGowran


132. l'Innommable (France)

  • Directed by: Marie-Noëlle Cadian and Jean-Pierre Soussigne


134. The Unnamable (14 mins)

  • Cast: Harold Pinter


135. The Unnamable (Ireland, 58 mins)

  • Cast: Cyril Cusack

WAITING FOR GODOT (EN ATTENDANT GODOT)

Theatre play, written in 1948-49 in French
First published: Paris 1952; New York 1954
First production: En attendant Godot, Théâtre de Babylone, Paris, 1953,
directed by Roger Blin

 

136. En attendant Godot (France, 1953)

  • Théâtre de Babylone
  • Directed by: Roger Blin
  • Cast: Jean Martin, Lucien Raimbourg, Pierre Latour, Roger Blin, Serge Lecointe
  • Sound recording


137. Waiting for Godot (USA, 1956, 105 mins)

  • Columbia Masterworks
  • Directed by: Herbert Berghof
  • L.P. record, no 02 L. 238


138. Waiting for Godot (UK, 1961)

  • BBC
  • Directed by: Donald McWhinnie
  • Cast: Peter Woodthorpe, Jack MacGowran, Timothy Bateson, Felix Felton, Mark Mileham


139. Waiting for Godot (USA, 1961, 150 mins, film)

  • WNET, Play of the Week
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Cast: Burgess Meredith, Zero Mostel, Kurt Kazner, Alvin Epstein


140. Waiting for Godot (UK, 1962, 88 mins)

  • BBC
  • Directed by: Robin Midgley
  • Cast: Nigel Stock, Kenneth Griffith


141. En attendant Godot (France, 1966, 133 mins)

  • France Culture
  • Cast: J. Serre, J. Doumerg, F. Petraint
  • Sound recording


142. Waiting for Godot (UK, 1968, 108 mins)

  • Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Directed by: Gareth Morgan
  • Cast: Michael Williams, Richard Moore
  • Sound recording


143. Waiting for Godot (USA, 1971)

  • New York Shakespeare Festival / NYPL
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Cast: Henderson Forsythe


144. Warten auf Godot (Germany, 1975, 120 mins)

  • Schiller Theater Werkstatt / ZDF, Walter Asmus and Hans Peter Reichel
  • Directed by: Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Horst Bollman, Stephan Wigger, Klaus Herm, Carl Rardatz, Torsten Sense


145. Warten auf Godot (Germany, 1975)

  • Basler Theater / WDR


145. En attendant Godot (France, 1978)

  • Festival d'Avignon / CNRS and GRTM, Ren&eacut; Lubin
  • Directed by: Otomar Krejca
  • Cast: Georges Wilson, Michel Bouquet, Rufus, Andr&eacut; Burton


146. En attendant Godot (France, 1980)

  • Antenne 2
  • Directed by: Roger Blin
  • Cast: Michel Aumont, François Chaumette, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Georges Riquier


147. Waiting for Godot (UK, 1980)

  • BBC
  • Directed by: Richard Callanan
  • Cast: Max Wall, Leo McKern


148. Warten auf Godot (Germany, 1984, 150 mins)

  • Mhnchner Kammerspiele Werkraum / SDR
  • Directed by: Georges Tabori
  • Cast: Thomas Holtzmann, Peter Lühr, Claus Eberth, Arnulf Schumacher, Hans Kremer


149. En attendant Godot (USA, 1988, 140 mins)

  • Visual Press, "Beckett Directs Beckett" series
  • Directed by: Walter Asmus
  • Cast: Roman Polanski, Rufus, Jean-François Balmer, Jean-Pierre Jorris
  • Distributed by: Smithsonian Institution Press (USA); Les Éditions du Seuil (France); Reiner Moritz (elsewhere)


150. Waiting for Godot (USA, 1988, 137 mins)

  • San Quentin Drama Workshop / Visual Press, "Beckett Directs Beckett" series
  • Directed by: Walter Asmus (for film)
  • Cast: Lawrence Held, Bud Thorpe, Alan Mandell, Rick Cluchey, Louis Beckett Cluchey
  • Distributed by: Smithsonian Institution Press (USA); Les Iditions du Seuil (France); Reiner Moritz (elsewhere)


151. Venter po Godot (Denmark, 131 mins)

  • Betty Nansen Teatret
  • Directed by: Walter Asmus

WATT (WATT)

Prose, written 1943-46 in English
First published: Paris 1953 (in English); Paris 1968

 

152. Watt (France)

  • Directed by: Marie-Noëlle Cadian and Jean-Pierre Soussigne

WHAT WHERE (QUOI OÙ)

Theatre play, written 1983
First published: New York, London 1984; Paris 1985
First production: Graz Festival, 1983

 

153. What Where (USA, 1983, 20 mins)

  • Harold Clurman Theater / NYPL
  • Directed by: Alan Schneider
  • Cast: (see no 24)


154. Was Wo (Germany, 1986, 16 mins)

  • SDR
  • Directed by: Samuel Beckett
  • Cast: Friedhelm Becker, Alfred Querbach, Edwin Dorner, Walter Lagnitz


155. What Where (USA, 1986, 21 mins)

  • Magic Theater / Global Village
  • Directed by: John Reilly and Stan Gontarski
  • Cast: Richard Wagner, Tom Luce, Dave Peichert, Morgan Upton


156. Quoi où (France)

  • Helen Gary Bishop / La SEPT
  • Directed by: Pierre Chabert

WORDS AND MUSIC (PAROLES ET MUSIQUE)

Radio play, written 1961 in English
First published: New York 1962; Paris 1966

 

157. Words and Music (UK, 1962, 28 mins)

  • BBC
  • Directed by: Michael Bakewell
  • Cast: Patrick Magee, Felix Felton
  • Music composed by John Beckett


158. Woorden en muziek (Netherlands, 1970, 17 mins)

  • Toneelgroep Studio / NOS
  • Directed by: Lodewijk de Boer
  • Cast: Ad Noyons, Hein Boele
  • Music composed by Louis Andriessen


159. Woorden en muziek (Netherlands, 1972)

  • KRO Radio
  • Directed by: Annemarie Prins


160. Words and Music (UK, 1973, 25 mins)

  • Katherine Worth for UL-AVC
  • Directed by: David Clark
  • Cast: Patrick Magee, Denys Hawthorne
  • Music composed by Humphrey Searle, performed by the London Sinfonietta


161. Words and Music (USA, 1987, 61 mins)

  • Voices International with WDR / NPR
  • Directed by: Everett Frost
  • Cast: David Warrilow, Alvin Epstein
  • Music composed by Morton Feldman; performed by the Bowery Ensemble, directed by Niels Vigelund
  • With a discussion about the play


162. Woorden en muziek (Belgium, 1991, 28 mins)

  • BRT
  • Directed by: Bart Stouten
  • Cast: Walter Cornelis, Alex Wilequet
  • Music: Peter Jaquemyn, Erwin Eysackers


163. Words and Music (Ireland, 29 mins)

  • RTE
  • Directed by: William Styles
  • Cast: Garvan McGrath, Brendan Gauldwell

WORSTWARD HO

Prose, written 1983 in English
First published: London, New York 1983

 

164. Worstward Ho (UK, 1983, 41 mins)

  • BBC
  • Directed by: Ronald Mason
  • Cast: Norman Rodway