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Article: Modernist mania: Funny about Samuel Beckett
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- The Village Voice
- Article date:
- July 23, 1996
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But who," I said to the Lincoln Center staffer busily hyping the Beckett Festival into my ear, "would want to see the complete works of Samuel Beckett?" There was a tiny pause, then he answered brightly, "Masochists!"
Or take the friend to whom, earlier that day, I'd mentioned my upcoming immersion in Beckett. His response was, "How depressed do you want to get?" Funny about Beckett: A lot of masochists must be very eager to get depressed: The Beckett Festival (July 29 to August 11), comprising the complete stage works of the late Samuel Beckett as performed by Dublin's Gate Theatre, is the toughest ticket in town. Five of the productions, to be performed in the tiny Clark Studio Theater, ...