Samuel Beckett

Peter Handke: Radioplay

Peter Handke: Radioplay

Austrian writer Peter Handke, born 1942, wrote many plays during the 1960s and ’70s, like Kaspar, 1968 – about Kaspar Hauser‘s acquisition of German language –, a play that typifies Handke’s project of: questioning everyday language ; denouncing manipulation through speech ; disconnecting what is seen and what is heard…

Samuel Beckett: Words and Music

Samuel Beckett: Words and Music

Words and Music is a radio play written by Samuel Beckett in 1962. In this piece, two characters entitled Words and Music (or Joe and Bob as they are sometimes called) work together and against each other in order to produce songs, musical interludes, and lyric poetry. To some extent,…

Samuel Beckett: Cascando

Samuel Beckett: Cascando

Cascando is a radio play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in French in December 1961, subtitled Invention radiophonique pour musique et voix, with music by the Franco-Romanian composer Marcel Mihalovici. It was first broadcast on France Culture on 13 October 1963 with Roger Blin (L’Oeuverer) and Jean Martin (La…