Nice compromise!
![As head of [the American Repertory Theater], [Robert] Brustein engaged in a public disagreement with Samuel Beckett over a 1984 production of his play Endgame, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis. Akalaitis's direction featured black actors, music from Philip Glass, and a subway tunnel setting, all of which offended Beckett's stated vision for the staging. Brustein defended the production's ability to freely interpret Beckett's words as they saw fit. He negotiated a compromise with Beckett that would avert legal action and allow the play to proceed as staged, but included a program insert from Beckett disavowing the choices:
"My play requires an empty room and two small windows. The American Repertory Theater production which dismisses my directions is a complete parody of the play as conceived by me. Anybody who cares for the work couldn't fail to be disgusted by this."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/bafkreiaaoyb7x5ntdwq5vwjz5nstqizbuzpqxrrt2tokvdmajbwqbeaasa)
October 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Nice compromise!
a reticence as profound as the silence provoking Beckett's tic-like outbursts of disintegrating language
October 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
a reticence as profound as the silence provoking Beckett's tic-like outbursts of disintegrating language
I hear the music in my head
Quantum Leap: Sam Beckett's Iconic Leap
Alt: Quantum Leap: Sam Beckett's Iconic Leap
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October 9, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I hear the music in my head
Rob Beckett's probably on the phone right now - "Romesh, how do you feel about having a crack at sociology?"
October 9, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Rob Beckett's probably on the phone right now - "Romesh, how do you feel about having a crack at sociology?"
You say that like you wouldn't be subscriber number one to Josh Widdicombe and Rob Beckett's new podcast Dancing Hell
October 10, 2026 at 6:50 PM
You say that like you wouldn't be subscriber number one to Josh Widdicombe and Rob Beckett's new podcast Dancing Hell
No seriously though Rob Beckett's teeth give me anxiety. #CelebrityTraitors
October 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
No seriously though Rob Beckett's teeth give me anxiety. #CelebrityTraitors
Buster Keaton in Samuel Beckett's "Film" - BOTD
October 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Buster Keaton in Samuel Beckett's "Film" - BOTD
posted outside Beckett's with a beer to watch da show
October 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM
posted outside Beckett's with a beer to watch da show
"Piper's easy going writing style and his amazing ability to let readers see the stories through Beckett's eyes to the point that you feel as if you there with him, solving cases, makes for super entertaining and really unique reads."
viewAuthor.at/DominicPiper
#DanielBeckett #DetectiveFiction
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#DanielBeckett #DetectiveFiction
October 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
"Piper's easy going writing style and his amazing ability to let readers see the stories through Beckett's eyes to the point that you feel as if you there with him, solving cases, makes for super entertaining and really unique reads."
viewAuthor.at/DominicPiper
#DanielBeckett #DetectiveFiction
viewAuthor.at/DominicPiper
#DanielBeckett #DetectiveFiction
Beckett’s gonna have some wicked fun with this (so many pranks)!
October 8, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Beckett’s gonna have some wicked fun with this (so many pranks)!
when we go back to nechronica and sword world i am respectively going to play as the bright-eyed bridge crew zombie girl rase tsuu naive to the darker politics occurring around her life, and roxie, vivian beckett's amoral kuudere robot wife who wants to save her but also bang her kidnapper
October 10, 2026 at 10:17 AM
when we go back to nechronica and sword world i am respectively going to play as the bright-eyed bridge crew zombie girl rase tsuu naive to the darker politics occurring around her life, and roxie, vivian beckett's amoral kuudere robot wife who wants to save her but also bang her kidnapper
Death is the New Black. Dominic Piper.
"You find that you’d like to be Beckett's friend, but would really hate to be his enemy." - Geoffrey West, author.
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#DetectiveThrillers #DanielBeckett #PrivateInvestigator #Standalone #Thriller #MustRead #NeoNoir #DetectiveFiction #Crime
"You find that you’d like to be Beckett's friend, but would really hate to be his enemy." - Geoffrey West, author.
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#DetectiveThrillers #DanielBeckett #PrivateInvestigator #Standalone #Thriller #MustRead #NeoNoir #DetectiveFiction #Crime
October 5, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Death is the New Black. Dominic Piper.
"You find that you’d like to be Beckett's friend, but would really hate to be his enemy." - Geoffrey West, author.
viewBook.at/DITNB
#DetectiveThrillers #DanielBeckett #PrivateInvestigator #Standalone #Thriller #MustRead #NeoNoir #DetectiveFiction #Crime
"You find that you’d like to be Beckett's friend, but would really hate to be his enemy." - Geoffrey West, author.
viewBook.at/DITNB
#DetectiveThrillers #DanielBeckett #PrivateInvestigator #Standalone #Thriller #MustRead #NeoNoir #DetectiveFiction #Crime
Good afternoon! I am past the halfway mark in Beckett's Malone Dies, and staying hydrated with Mark Valentine's Seventeen Stories @swanriverpress.bsky.social
October 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Good afternoon! I am past the halfway mark in Beckett's Malone Dies, and staying hydrated with Mark Valentine's Seventeen Stories @swanriverpress.bsky.social
@norwaymfa.government.no where not paying for that, exit scam please. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_54I...
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Movie CLIP - Beckett's Death Scene |FULL HD| 2007
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October 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
@norwaymfa.government.no where not paying for that, exit scam please. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_54I...
It's that thing where I remind you about my show at SAMUEL BECKETT'S starting in 60 hours from now! Well, sorta - maybe 59 hours and 50 minutes. Regardless, Friday, 10/9, #Shirlington, 9p. This is the last time you'll see me this month!
October 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
It's that thing where I remind you about my show at SAMUEL BECKETT'S starting in 60 hours from now! Well, sorta - maybe 59 hours and 50 minutes. Regardless, Friday, 10/9, #Shirlington, 9p. This is the last time you'll see me this month!
Mrs Nobel herself, Anne Carson, has had many pieces published in @grantamag.bsky.social and they are paywall-free to celebrate her shocked success:
granta.com/contributor/...
I recommend the one about the visitors (and the fox) and the time that Beckett's Krapp had a chatshow in his lounge
granta.com/contributor/...
I recommend the one about the visitors (and the fox) and the time that Beckett's Krapp had a chatshow in his lounge
Anne Carson
Anne Carson was born in Canada and now works in Iceland.
granta.com
October 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Mrs Nobel herself, Anne Carson, has had many pieces published in @grantamag.bsky.social and they are paywall-free to celebrate her shocked success:
granta.com/contributor/...
I recommend the one about the visitors (and the fox) and the time that Beckett's Krapp had a chatshow in his lounge
granta.com/contributor/...
I recommend the one about the visitors (and the fox) and the time that Beckett's Krapp had a chatshow in his lounge
#FREE #FREE #FREE
"Sauntering through Rome before Daniel Beckett's days landing in London as an unlicensed private detective, this story includes a sexy ingenue with a trick up her sleeve that shocks Mr. Beckett. So much happens in so few pages!" - Denis De Marco.
https://mybook.to/LikeBottledFire
"Sauntering through Rome before Daniel Beckett's days landing in London as an unlicensed private detective, this story includes a sexy ingenue with a trick up her sleeve that shocks Mr. Beckett. So much happens in so few pages!" - Denis De Marco.
https://mybook.to/LikeBottledFire
October 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
#FREE #FREE #FREE
"Sauntering through Rome before Daniel Beckett's days landing in London as an unlicensed private detective, this story includes a sexy ingenue with a trick up her sleeve that shocks Mr. Beckett. So much happens in so few pages!" - Denis De Marco.
https://mybook.to/LikeBottledFire
"Sauntering through Rome before Daniel Beckett's days landing in London as an unlicensed private detective, this story includes a sexy ingenue with a trick up her sleeve that shocks Mr. Beckett. So much happens in so few pages!" - Denis De Marco.
https://mybook.to/LikeBottledFire
ICYMI: Beckett's top picks for most valuable 1980s baseball cards: A look at the most valuable 1980s baseball cards according to Beckett, from rookie icons to rare set debuts collectors still chase
Beckett's top picks for most valuable 1980s baseball cards
A look at the most valuable 1980s baseball cards according to Beckett, from rookie icons to rare set debuts collectors still chase
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October 8, 2026 at 7:28 PM
ICYMI: Beckett's top picks for most valuable 1980s baseball cards: A look at the most valuable 1980s baseball cards according to Beckett, from rookie icons to rare set debuts collectors still chase
"Somehow On: Samuel Beckett's Prose, Influence and the Question of The Classic"
Join a public lecture on the work of Irish writer Samuel Beckett, presented by Dr Paul Stewart.
🗓️Tuesday 27 October at 6pm
📍Moufflon Bookshop, 44 Faneromenis, Nicosia 1011
Free and open to the public.
Join a public lecture on the work of Irish writer Samuel Beckett, presented by Dr Paul Stewart.
🗓️Tuesday 27 October at 6pm
📍Moufflon Bookshop, 44 Faneromenis, Nicosia 1011
Free and open to the public.
October 12, 2026 at 7:01 AM
"Somehow On: Samuel Beckett's Prose, Influence and the Question of The Classic"
Join a public lecture on the work of Irish writer Samuel Beckett, presented by Dr Paul Stewart.
🗓️Tuesday 27 October at 6pm
📍Moufflon Bookshop, 44 Faneromenis, Nicosia 1011
Free and open to the public.
Join a public lecture on the work of Irish writer Samuel Beckett, presented by Dr Paul Stewart.
🗓️Tuesday 27 October at 6pm
📍Moufflon Bookshop, 44 Faneromenis, Nicosia 1011
Free and open to the public.
Ya’ll didn’t see Beckett’s billing for Waiting for Godot?
October 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Ya’ll didn’t see Beckett’s billing for Waiting for Godot?