Something Understood | The Instinct for Meaning
Based on Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Novelist Jake Arnott believes narrative is a powerful force. He thinks the instinct to create stories is innate within us, and is vital to our understanding of the world.
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Changing Stages | Between Brecht and Beckett
Richard Eyre looks at influence of political and poetic dramas of Berthold Brecht and Samuel Beckett on British playwrights from 1960s to 1990s.
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Witness History | Waiting for Godot
How Samuel Beckett's existentialist masterpiece revolutionised the theatre 60 years ago.