Beckett on Screen

The Television Plays

Jonathan Bignell, Rebecca Mortimer

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Manchester University Press
01 October 2009

Television scripts & screenplays; Literary studies: plays & playwrights

This ground-breaking study analyses Beckett's television plays in relation to the history and theory of television. It argues that they are in dialogue with innovative television traditions connected to Modernism in television, film, radio, theatre, literature and the visual arts. Using original research from BBC archives and manuscript sources, the book provides new perspectives on the relationships between Beckett's television dramas and the wider television culture of Britain and Europe. It also compares and contrasts the plays for television with Beckett's Film and broadcasts of his theatre work including the recent Beckett on Film season. Chapters deal with the production process of the plays, the broadcasting contexts in which they were screened, institutions and authorship, the plays' relationships with comparable programmes and films and reaction to Beckett's screen work by audiences and critics. It will be essential reading in literature and drama studies, television historiography and for devotees of Beckett's work. -- .

By: Jonathan Bignell
Other: Rebecca Mortimer
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9780719064203
ISBN 10: 0719064201
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 October 2009
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Production 2 Broadcasting contexts 3 Institutions and authorship 4 Intertexts 5 Evaluations 6 Afterword Bibliography Index -- .

Jonathan Bignell is Professor of Television and Film at the University of Reading