Samuel Beckett's Rockaby (1981) starring Billie Whitelaw

A 15-minute one-woman play by Samuel Beckett, directed by Alan Schneider, featuring Billie Whitelaw. A minimalist, haunting performance. 🎭

Samuel Beckett's Rockaby (1981) starring Billie Whitelaw
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Samuel Beckett's Rockaby (1981) starring Billie Whitelaw

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Rockaby is a 15 minutes one-woman play by Samuel Beckett (Foxrock, Dublin, 13 april 1906 - Paris, 22 december 1989). It was written in English in 1980, at the request of Daniel Labeille on behalf of Programs in the Arts, State University of New York, for a festival and symposium in commemoration of Beckett's 75th birthday. The play premiered on April 8, 1981 at the State University of New York at Buffalo, starring Billie Whitelaw (1932 – 2014), directed by Alan Schneider (1917 – 1984) and produced by Daniel Labeille. A documentary film, Rockaby, by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus records the rehearsal process and the first performance (this video). NY Times review of this world première, google: "stage: world premiere of samuel beckett's 'rockaby' at state u."
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Beckett in 1969.
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