Rockaby

Summary

2001 production of Rockaby by Samuel Beckett for Channel 4.

Theatre play

Rockaby by Samuel Beckett [more information]

Play synopsis

A short, one-woman play. An old woman’s voice responds to the rhythms of her rocking chair as she meditates on the passage of her life.

Production history

First staged on 8 April 1981 at the State University of New York at Buffalo, starring Billie Whitelaw and directed by Alan Schneider. A documentary film, Rockaby, by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus records the rehearsal process and first performance. This production went on to be performed at the Annex at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, and, in December 1982, at the Cottesloe, Royal National Theatre, London. Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockaby.

Date of transmission

Thursday 28 June 2001

Time

11.10-11.25pm

Channel

Channel 4

Credits

Director

Richard Eyre

Playwright

Samuel Beckett

Cast

Penelope Wilton

Additional details

Play tags

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Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 21 June 2001 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 107