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Images of Beckett

Author: James Knowlson; John Haynes
Publisher: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Images of Beckett sets John Haynes' unique repertoire of photographs of Beckett's dramatic opus alongside three newly written essays by Beckett's biographer and friend, James Knowlson. Haynes captures images of Beckett's work in progress and performance and includes hitherto unseen portraits of Beckett himself. Haynes was privileged to be present at the Royal Court Theatre in London when Beckett directed his own
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Genre/Form: Pictorial works
Art
Portraits
Biography
Named Person: Samuel Beckett; Samuel Beckett; Samuel Beckett; Samuel Beckett; Samuel Beckett; Samuel Beckett
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: James Knowlson; John Haynes
ISBN: 0521822580 9780521822589
OCLC Number: 54826000
Description: xiii, 159 p. : ill. ; 20 x 25 cm.
Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements --
List of Illustrations --
A Portrait of Beckett --
Images of Beckett --
Beckett as Director --
Notes --
Index.
Responsibility: photographs by John Haynes ; text by James Knowlson.
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Essays by Beckett's biographer and friend and hitherto unknown photographs by one of the leading theatre photographers in the field.  Read more...

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'... these theatre photos are among the most resonant of the past century ... Haynes doesn't so much snap a production as x-ray its heart ... Biographer Knowlson examines Beckett's character ... Read more...

 
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