Beckett on Screen: The Television Plays - Hardcover

Bignell, Jonathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719064201 ISBN 13: 9780719064203

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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. -- .

About this title

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0719064201
• ISBN 13: 9780719064203
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 242