Beckett and the Wake
Photographer John Minihan on taking some of the best-known photographs of Samuel Beckett.
The Essay · BBC Radio 3
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Show Notes
Five essays about one of the twentieth century's most fascinating playwrights, Samuel Beckett, recorded in front of an audience at the 2014 Happy Days International Beckett Festival in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Authors include actor Lisa Dwan, now regularly performing his work; Mark Nixon, head of the Beckett International Foundation and journalist and commentator Fintan O'Toole.
In this edition, photographer John Minihan, who took some of the best-known black and white portraits of Samuel Beckett, remembers spending time with a playwright who was often a reluctant subject.
Producers: Conor Garrett & Stan Ferguson.