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Tag: Samuel Beckett

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Broadway’s Amazing Technicolor Money Machine

Frederick Kaufman in Tablet · 18 Feb

Frederick Kaufman's piece examines the allure of Broadway from a financial perspective, contrasting it with the author's conversations about investments with a banker friend who started out as a talented actor.

0 Television/Film Culture

Waiting for Godot review: ‘I defy anyone not to see themselves on this stage’

Jewish Chronicle · 26 Sep 2024

James Macdonald's new production of "Waiting for Godot," starring Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati as Vladimir and Estragon respectively, offers a powerful reinterpretation of Samuel Beckett's classic play.

0 Holocaust Literature

Why 'Waiting for Godot' is an apt metaphor for Israeli and Palestinian history

Robert Zaretsky in Forward · 17 Apr 2024

"Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett serves as a poignant metaphor for the Israeli-Palestinian history due to its theme of waiting without resolution.

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‘The Exterminating Angel’ at the Met

David P. Goldman in Tablet · 3 Nov 2017

Luis Buñuel's 1962 film "The Exterminating Angel," recently adapted into an opera by composer Thomas Adès, explores a group of aristocratic guests trapped in a Mexican mansion where they descend into madness and violence, reflecting themes of divine vengeance and cultural stagnation in Spain.

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The Yiddish Spirit of Samuel Beckett

Forward · 15 Sep 2013

The 60th anniversary staging of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting For Godot" in Yiddish at the Castillo Theatre in Manhattan marks a groundbreaking interpretation of the existential play.