Beckett on Screen: The Television Plays - Softcover

Jonathan Bignell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071906421X ISBN 13: 9780719064210

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2012

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. This book is a major contribution to Beckett scholarship and to studies of television drama. 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: 2012
• ISBN 10: 071906421X
• ISBN 13: 9780719064210
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240