Title :

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

Author(s) :

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

Journal title :

Études irlandaises

Pages :

125-133

Publisher :

Presses universitaires de Caen

Publication date :

2008

ISSN :

0183-973X

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Littératures

English abstract : [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 ...
Show more ><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>Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

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

Source :

Harvested from HAL