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THE PLAY OF WORDS

on Third Programme

by Denis Donoghue Lecturer in English at
University College, Dublin
Dr. Donoghue argues that dramatists like Beckett and Pinter have come close to refining their work out of existence by their concentration on ' purely verbal events ' to the exclusion of dramatic situation and real dialogue between characters.
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