Endgame and Breath
- Synopsis
- BREATH (d. Damien Hurst, 1 min.). Written in 1969 in response to Kenneth Tynan’s request for a sketch to be included in ‘Oh Calcutta’. The most compressed of Beckett’s works, lasting less than a minute. On a set full of rubbish, a person cries out and breathes again. Life is reduced to a brief interlude of dim light between two cries and two darknesses symbolising birth and death. The voice is Keith Allen’s.
- Series
- Samuel Beckett on Film
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of production
- 2001
- Notes
- Broadcast on C4, 28/9/01.
All 19 plays in the series and also a documentary on the filming of the dramas, interviews with their distinguished directors, a stills gallery with commentary and a souvenir programme are available in a boxed set of 4 DVDs. Duration: 10hrs 47mins price £99.99. Follow the links at http://www.beckettonfilm.com/beckett_dvd.html - Documentation
- On-line programme notes and online extras containing synopses of each play, biographies on the actors and directors, opportunities for close textual analysis of Beckett’s work at www.4learning.co.uk/secondary
- Uses
- Ages 14 and up.
- Subjects
- Drama; Literature
- Keywords
- Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989); drama in English
Credits
- Director
- Conor McPherson; Damien Hirst
- Producer
- Alan Moloney; Michael Colgan
- Writer
- Samuel Beckett
- Cast
Charles Simon David Thewis Jean Anderson Michael Gambon
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £99.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 647 minutes (compilation)
- Year
- 2004
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £19.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 90 minutes
- Year
- 2001
Sections
- Title
- Endgame
- Title
- Breath
Production Company
- Name
Blue Angel Films
- Name
Tyrone Productions
- Phone
- 020 7292 0520
- Fax
- 020 7292 0525
- Address
- c/o World Cinema Ltd
27-28 Poland Street
London
W1F 8QW
Sponsor
- Name
Channel Four Television
- Phone
- 071-396 4444
- Address
- LONDON
SW1P 2TX
- Name
Irish Film Board
Distributor
- Name
4 Learning
- Notes
- Channel 4 Learning has now closed. This used to be the educational broadcasting arm of Channel 4. The online shop sold educational DVDs and CD-ROMs for use in primary and secondary schools.
Available from retail outlets
Online Retailer
- Name
Beckettonfilm.com
- Web
- http://www.beckettonfilm.com External site opens in new window
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