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Beckett's Radio Plays

BBC Radio 3
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Martin Esslin introduces the second of three programmes dedicated to the radio plays of Samuel Beckett , tonight featuring two pieces that explore the relationships between the writer and his craft.
2: Cascando. Re-mastered from the original 1964 BBC production.
Director Donald McWhinnie
Rough for Radio. Originally broadcast in 1976 for Beckett's 70th birthday.
Director Martin Esslin
Repeats
Another double bill of Samuel Beckett plays featuring A Piece of Monologue and Words and Music is on Thursday at 10.40pm

Contributors

Introduces:
Martin Esslin
Unknown:
Samuel Beckett
Director:
Donald McWhinnie
Director:
Martin Esslin
Unknown:
Samuel Beckett
Voice:
Patrick Magee
Opener:
Denys Hawthorne
Animator:
Harold Pinter
Stenographer:
Billie Whitelaw
Fox:
Patrick Magee
Dick:
Michael Deacon
Source: Radio Times

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