Titre :

Rough for theatre I and II and why they stayed that way, or when Beckett's french theatre became irish again

Auteur(s) :

Penet-Astbury, Helen [Auteur]
Centre d'Études en Civilisations, Langues et Lettres Étrangères - ULR 4074 [CECILLE]
Université de Lille

Titre de la revue :

Études irlandaises

Pagination :

125-133

Éditeur :

Presses universitaires de Caen

Date de publication :

2008

ISSN :

0183-973X

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Littératures

Résumé en anglais : [en]

<jats:p>Rough for theatre 1 and 2 represent a turning point in Beckett's career as a bilingual playwright. They are the last plays Beckett wrote in French, and, as their titles suggest, they remained unfinished. After the ...
Lire la suite ><jats:p>Rough for theatre 1 and 2 represent a turning point in Beckett's career as a bilingual playwright. They are the last plays Beckett wrote in French, and, as their titles suggest, they remained unfinished. After the failure of the Roughs, Beckett's theatre evolved towards the very characteristic late plays. These were indubitably influenced by Beckett's incursion into the genres of radio and mime. For these later plays, English was the most appropriate language, for undeniable practical reasons, but also because these plays fit into the Irish theatrical tradition in ways in which the Roughs failed to.</jats:p>Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Vulgarisation :

Non

Collections :

• Centre d'Études en Civilisations Langues et Lettres Étrangères (CECILLE) - ULR 4074

Source :

Harvested from HAL