Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

Writing

April 13, 1906 — December 22, 1989Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland

Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. He is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century. Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his writing, which—in new forms for the novel and drama—in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation."

Known for

Film

Film

1965

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

2001

Play

Play

2001

If I Had Four Dromedaries

If I Had Four Dromedaries

1966

Catastrophe

Catastrophe

2001

Krapp's Last Tape

Krapp's Last Tape

2000

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

2013

Breath

Breath

2001

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

Endgame

Endgame

2000

Writing79

How It Is

How It Is

2026

Writer

GIGI !

GIGI !

2026

Original Story

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

2025

Writer

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

2025

Novel

Endgame

Endgame

2023

Writer

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

2021

Theatre Play

Happy Days

Happy Days

2021

Writer

Come and Go

Come and Go

2020

Writer

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

2020

Writer, Author

Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)

Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)

2020

Writer

En attendant Godot

En attendant Godot

2019

Theatre Play

Beckett by Brook

Beckett by Brook

2018

Writer

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

2018

Theatre Play

The Lost One

2014

Short Story

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

2013

Writer

What Where

2013

Writer

Emancipation in the Brain

Emancipation in the Brain

2012

Novel

Wydalony

Wydalony

2011

Theatre Play, Short Story

Fin de partie

Fin de partie

2008

Theatre Play

Krapp's Last Tape

Krapp's Last Tape

2007

Theatre Play, Writer

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

2003

Writer

Ohio Impromptu

Ohio Impromptu

2002

Writer

Catastrophe

Catastrophe

2001

Writer, Theatre Play

A Piece of Monologue

A Piece of Monologue

2001

Writer

Act Without Words I

Act Without Words I

2001

Writer, Theatre Play

Act Without Words II

Act Without Words II

2001

Writer

Play

Play

2001

Theatre Play, Writer

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

2001

Writer, Theatre Play

Breath

Breath

2001

Writer

Endgame

Endgame

2000

Writer

What Where

What Where

2000

Writer

Krapp's Last Tape

Krapp's Last Tape

2000

Writer

Happy Days

Happy Days

2000

Theatre Play, Writer

Footfalls

2000

Writer

Not I

2000

Writer

Rough for Theatre I

Rough for Theatre I

2000

Writer

Rough for Theatre II

Rough for Theatre II

2000

Writer, Theatre Play

Rockaby

Rockaby

2000

Writer

That Time

That Time

2000

Writer

Come and Go

2000

Writer

Waiting for Godot in San Quentin

Waiting for Godot in San Quentin

1998

Writer

NEKO-MIMI

NEKO-MIMI

1994

Dialogue

Be Again

Be Again

1994

Writer

En attendant Godot

En attendant Godot

1989

Theatre Play

Endgame

Endgame

1989

Theatre Play

Godot in San Quentin

Godot in San Quentin

1988

Writer

Beckett Directs Beckett: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Beckett Directs Beckett: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

1988

Writer

My Case

My Case

1986

Short Story

Was Wo

1986

Writer

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

1983

Writer, Theatre Play

Night and Dreams

Night and Dreams

1983

Writer

Quad I+II

Quad I+II

1981

Writer

Rockaby

Rockaby

1981

Writer

Happy Days

Happy Days

1980

Writer

Happy Days

Happy Days

1979

Writer

He Joe

He Joe

1979

Writer

Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)

Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)

1979

Writer

Ghost Trio

Ghost Trio

1977

Writer

... nur noch Gewölk ...

... nur noch Gewölk ...

1977

Writer

Ghost Trio

Ghost Trio

1977

Writer

...but the clouds...

...but the clouds...

1977

Writer

O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro

O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro

1976

Theatre Play

Not I

Not I

1973

Writer

Krapp's Last Tape

Krapp's Last Tape

1972

Writer

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

1971

Theatre Play

Atto senza parole

Atto senza parole

1969

Theatre Play

Eh, Joe?

Eh, Joe?

1966

Writer

He Joe

He Joe

1966

Writer

Atto senza parole secondo

Atto senza parole secondo

1966

Theatre Play

Comédie

Comédie

1966

Writer

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

Writer

Film

Film

1965

Writer

Beginning to End

Beginning to End

1965

Writer

Glade Dage

Glade Dage

1964

Original Story

Festival

1963

Writer

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

1961

Theatre Play

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

Theatre Play

Dada Knows Best

Dada Knows Best

Original Story

The Lost Ones

The Lost Ones

Writer

Directing15

Beckett Directs Beckett: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Beckett Directs Beckett: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

1988

Director

Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett

Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett

1988

Director

Was Wo

1986

Director

Night and Dreams

Night and Dreams

1983

Director

Quad I+II

Quad I+II

1981

Director

Happy Days

Happy Days

1979

Director

He Joe

He Joe

1979

Director

Ghost Trio

Ghost Trio

1977

Director

... nur noch Gewölk ...

... nur noch Gewölk ...

1977

Director

Warten auf Godot

Warten auf Godot

1976

Director

Not I

Not I

1973

Director

He Joe

He Joe

1966

Director

Comédie

Comédie

1966

Director

Film

Film

1965

Director

Beckett Directs Beckett: Endgame by Samuel Beckett

Beckett Directs Beckett: Endgame by Samuel Beckett

Director

Acting10

Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

2019

Self (Archive)

Barney's Wall

Barney's Wall

2019

Self (archive footage)

Notfilm

Notfilm

2015

Self (archive footage)

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

2002

Self (archive footage)

Waiting for Beckett

Waiting for Beckett

1993

Self

Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence

Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence

1987

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

1983

Self (archive footage)

Beckett in Berlin

Beckett in Berlin

1969

Self

Samuel Beckett - Mute Interview

Samuel Beckett - Mute Interview

1969

Self

If I Had Four Dromedaries

If I Had Four Dromedaries

1966

Self (photo)

Crew1

Tous ceux qui tombent

Tous ceux qui tombent

1963

Radio Play