The University of Delaware Library
Presents

"Beckett on Film
19 Films x 19 Directors"
and
"Rockaby," a documentary by D. A. Pennebaker, 1982

Thursday, October 9 through Saturday, October 11, 2003
Morris Library
Class of 1941 Lecture Room

Beckett on Film: 19 Films x 19 Directors, in DVD format, brings all 19 of Samuel Beckett's stage plays to the screen, all of which were filmed in 2000. The producers attracted an intriguing selection of internationally established film directors.

Also shown will be Rockaby, a documentary featuring Billie Whitelaw in a performance showing the process of bringing this short play to the stage.

The challenges which faced each filmmaker involved with the DVD project included respecting Beckett's meticulously strict stage instructions and working within those confines.

Print Brochure of the Beckett Film Schedule

Thursday, October 9

1:00 -- 3:00 p.m.

Not I
Rough for Theatre I
Ohio Impromptu
Krapp's Last Tape
What Where

3:15 -- 5:30 p.m.

Footfalls
Come and Go
Act Without Words I
Happy Days

Friday, October 10

9:00 -- 11:30 a.m.

Catastrophe
Rough for Theatre II
Breath
That Time
Endgame

11:45 a.m. -- 1:45 p.m.

Act Without Words II
A Piece of Monologue
Play
Rockaby (DVD format, 2000)
Rockaby (VHS format, 1982)

2:00 -- 4:00 p.m.

Waiting for Godot

Description of Films (alphabetical order)
Please note that there will be either a one or two minute pause between films.

Act Without Words I
Length: 16 minutes
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Sean Foley

Act Without Words II
Length: 11 minutes
Director: Enda Hughes
Cast: Pat Kinevane, Marcello Magni

Breath
Length: 45 seconds
Director: Damien Hirst

Catastrophe
Length: 7 minutes
Director: David Mamet
Cast: Harold Pinter, Rebecca Pidgeon, Sir John Gielgud

Come and Go
Length: 8 minutes
Director: John Crowley
Cast: Paola Dionisotti, Anna Massey, Sian Phillips

Endgame
Length: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Director: Conor McPherson
Cast: Michael Gambon, David Thewlis, Charles Simon, Jean Anderson

Footfalls
Length: 28 minutes
Director: Walter Asmus
Cast: Susan Fitzgerald, Joan O'Hara,

Happy Days
Length: 1 hour, 19 minutes
Director: Patricia Rozema
Cast: Rosaleen Linehan, Richard Johnson

Krapp's Last Tape
Length: 58 minutes
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: John Hurt

Not I
Length: 14 minutes
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Julianna Moore

Ohio Impropmptu
Length: 12 minutes
Director: Charles Sturridge
Cast: Jeremy Irons

A Piece of Monologue
Length: 20 minutes
Director: Robin Lefévre
Cast: Stephen Brennan

Play
Length: 16 minutes
Director: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Alan Rickman, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Juliet Stephenson

Rockaby (DVD format, 2000)
Length: 14 minutes
Director: Richard Eyre
Cast: Penelope Wilton

Rockaby (VHS format, 1982)
Length: 58 minutes
Director: D. A. Pennebaker
Cast: Billie Whitelaw

Rough for Theatre I
Length: 20 minutes
Director: Kieron J. Walsh
Cast: David Kelly, Milo O'Shea

Rough for Theatre II
Length: 30 minutes
Director: Katie Mitchell
Cast: Jim Norton, Timothy Spall, Hugh B. O'Brien

That Time
Length: 20 minutes
Director: Charles Garrad
Cast: Niall Buggy

Waiting for Godot
Length: 2 hours
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Cast: Barry McGovern, Johnny Murphy, Alan Stanford, Stephen Brennan, Sam McGovern

What Where
Length: 12 minutes
Director: Damien O'Donnell
Cast: Sean McGinley, Gary Lewis

For further information about the viewing of Samuel Beckett films, contact Francis Poole, Head, Instructional Media Department, at 302-831-8461 or via e-mail at fpoole@udel.edu.