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The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett | 
| Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 4054
Media: Paperback
Pages: 476
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 4.8 x 1.4
ISBN: 0571229158
EAN: 9780571229154
ASIN: 0571229158
Publication Date: January 5, 2006
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Beckett complete dramas. November 16, 2003
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
If you are new to the works of Samuel Beckett then this is the best place to start in my opinion. There is nothing I can add which hasn't already been said about these dramas, only that they are quite short and moderately accessible but almost inexhaustable in their complexity. To describe these works as 'existentialist' really doesn't do them justice or decribe their nature to any deep degree. The plays are unique and must be experienced to be understood. Generally there is a quite dark tone to most of the works, sometimes obscenely disturbing, sometimes cynically funny but at times there are moments of true poetic beauty. I would strongly recommend these plays to anyone interested in drama of a more unconventional type. High points include - 'Waiting for Godot', 'Endgame', 'Krapp's last tape' and 'All that falls'. However, as a general warning, these are not uplifting plays, I myself found some of them sickening and disturbing in parts.
the complete works of the master of 'theatre of the absurd' May 16, 2000
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Compact, well presented collection of Beckett epic metamorphosis of modern theatre - from Godot to Ghost Trio. Plays following the more 'excepted structure' to works of silence and light. The only crit is the briefness of notes about first performances. Otherwise a must have for those intrested in exploring the limits of theatre.
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