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Beckett's Radio Plays

on BBC Radio 3

Martin Esslin introduces the last of three programmes dedicated to the radio plays of Samuel Beckett.
Tonight's double bill features a play about the powers of poetry and melody and a monologue about "the dead and gone" and "the dying and the going".
3: Words and Music. Remastered from the original 1962 BBC production.
Music by John Beckett.
Director Michael Bakewell
A Piece of Monologue. Originally broadcast in 1986 and performed by Ronald Pickup.
Director Ronald Mason Repeat

Contributors

Introduces:
Martin Esslin
Unknown:
Samuel Beckett.
Music By:
John Beckett.
Director:
Michael Bakewell
Words:
Patrick Magee
Croak:
Felix Felton

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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