简介：ThisisauniquedocumentaryofIrishauthorSamuelBeckett-oneofthetoweringfiguresinthehistoryofthetheatre,andprobablythemostfamousplaywrightofthe20thcentury,whoseworkshavebeentranslatedintoover20languages.In1969hewasawardedtheNobelPeacePrizeforLiterature(and,inatypicallybizarreaside,healso,briefly,playedfirst-classcricket). ShotonlocationinDublinandFrance,thefilmtracestheartisticlifeoftheplaywrightthroughhisprose,playsandpoetry.Becketthimselfwascloselyinvolvedinthemakingofthisfilm,whichincludespreviouslyunknownvisualmaterial.Indeed,theoriginalscriptofWaitingforGodotisseeninpublicforthefirsttime. TheBeckettspecialistDavidWarrilownarratesavarietyoftexts.BillieWhitelaw,JackMcGowanandPatrickMagee,Beckett'sgreatdramaticinterpreters,allappearinselectedextractsfromhisplays.…