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1 online resource (241 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Production; 2. Broadcasting contexts; 3. Institutions and authorship; 4. Intertexts; 5. Evaluations; 6. Afterword: the lessons of history; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
This ground-breaking study analyses Beckett?s television plays in relation to the history and theory of television. It argues that they are in dialogue with innovative television traditions connected to Modernism in television, film, radio, theatre, literature and the visual arts. Using original research from BBC archives and manuscript sources, the book provides new perspectives on the relationships between Beckett?s television dramas and the wider television culture of Britain and Europe. It also compares and contrasts the plays for television with Beckett?s Film and broadcasts of his theatr. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Television adaptations.
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. |
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Television adaptations. |
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Television adaptations.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bignell, Jonathan. Beckett on Screen : The television Plays. Manchester : Manchester University Press, ©2009 9780719064203 |
| ISBN |
9781847794338 electronic book |
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1847794335 electronic book |
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9781781701867 electronic book |
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1781701865 electronic book |
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9780719064203 (hardback) |
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0719064201 (hardback) |
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9780719064210 |
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