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Godot Was Here

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

In August 1955, London was gripped by "Godot
Fever" following the British premiere of Samuel Beckett 's controversial play Waiting for Godot.
Timothy Bateson , Peter Hall and Paul Daneman recall the extraordinary events surrounding the opening, as well as the subsequent influence of this
20th-century masterpiece. The programme includes performance extracts, and features the voices of Peter Bull , Hugh Burden , Leonard Cracknell and Peter Woodthorpe. Producer Martin Jenkins

Contributors

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Samuel Beckett
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Timothy Bateson
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Peter Hall
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Paul Daneman
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Peter Bull
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Hugh Burden
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Leonard Cracknell
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Peter Woodthorpe.
Producer:
Martin Jenkins
Source: Radio Times

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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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