In Our Time | Samuel Beckett
Based on Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the author of Waiting for Godot, who lived in Paris and wrote in French as he found that more difficult than writing in English.
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Content
- Type: Analysis
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Duration: 27'47''
- Broadcast date: 2019
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Literary Resource
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