The Making of Samuel Beckett's Radio Plays

A complete manuscript history of Beckett's plays for radio, detailing archive listings, alternative versions, drafts, broadcast history plus a detailed guide to the online manuscripts.

From All That Fall and Embers to Cascando, many of Samuel Beckett's most beguiling works were written for radio broadcast. The Making of Samuel Beckett's Radio Plays is a comprehensive reference guide to the manuscript and broadcast histories of these plays. The book includes: · A complete descriptive catalogue of available relevant manuscripts, including alternative drafts, broadcast scripts and notebook pages · A critical reconstruction of the history of these texts, from their genesis through the processes of composition to their full publication and broadcast history · A detailed guide to exploring the manuscripts online at the Beckett Digital Manuscripts Project at www.beckettarchive.org This volume is part of the Beckett Digital Manuscript Project (BDMP), a collaboration between the Centre for Manuscript Genetics (University of Antwerp, Belgium), the Beckett International Foundation (University of Reading, UK) and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Centre (University of Texas at Austin, USA), with the support of the Estate of Samuel Beckett.