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Article: Beckett plans to direct his plays for TV
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 12, 1988
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WASHINGTON Two University of Maryland professors have persuaded
playwright Samuel Beckett to preserve his vision of his work by
directing for the first time his three most famous plays for
television.
Production of English and French versions of "Waiting for
Godot," "Endgame" and "Krapp's Last Tape" will begin in Paris in
September, with release of the first play on videotape expected next
summer.
Even writer-director Roman Polanski was stunned when he heard.
"I went to Beckett to ask to do a movie of `Godot' and he said
no!" Polanski told the professors when they asked him if he would
like a part in the play. "How did you get the rights?"
A reasonable question. As Beckett's ...