Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence
1987•NR•1h 18m•Released
Documentary
The elusive author of Waiting for Godot cooperated in the production of this portrait, which traces Beckett’s artistic life through his prose, plays, and poetry. Billie Whitelaw, Jack McGowran, and Patrick Magee—Beckett’s great dramatic interpreters—appear in selected extracts from the plays; Beckett specialist David Warrilow narrates a variety of texts.
Director
Seán O'Mórdha
Writer
Richard Ellmann
Cast
Samuel Beckett
Billie Whitelaw
David Warrilow
text reader
Tony Doyle
narrator
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