Samuel Beckett
Witness History: Witness Archive 2016
English - December 22, 2016 12:00 - 8 minutes - 4.1 MB - ★★★ - 8 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On December 22nd 1989, the great Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett died. Beckett, whose play Waiting for Godot had revolutionised post-war theatre, was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Louise Hidalgo has been talking to fellow playwright and film director Israel Horovitz who was Samuel Beckett's friend.
Photograph: Writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) (Credit: Reg Lancaster/Getty Images)