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Author: Bill Bonde { ''Well, boys, I reckon this is it, nuclear combat toe to toe with the Roosskies'')
Date: Sep 19, 2008 00:48

4741 Dead wrote:
>
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:59:45 +0100, "Bill Bonde { ''Well, boys, I
> reckon this is it, nuclear combat toe to toe with the Roosskies'')"
> yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>4741 Dead wrote:
>>>
>>> Happy Days
>>> Some thoughts on the ongoing economic collapse
>>>
>>> ©
>>>
>>Are those Happy Days to you? Or are you referencing the play, which
>>could be about our current economic crisis:
>
> Actually, I'm referencing the song, which came to symbolize the Great
> Depression.
>
You mean "Happy Days Are Here Again"?
> I'll have to read the Beckett version. I always like his work, even
> if I don't always understand it.
>
There's a DVD set of supposedly all his plays. Some are like 30
seconds long. Apparently there are 19. Your library may have it. I
found them interesting:

http://www.filmwest.com/Catalogue/itemdetail/2088/
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Beckett now available on DVD for the first time ever!

This acclaimed film project includes all 19 plays of Samuel
Beckett, considered the most significant Irish playwright of the
20th century.

Many of these outstandingly filmed productions have received
critical acclaim at prestigious international film festivals around
the world including New York, Toronto and Venice.
Beckett on Film has brought together some of the most noted
directors and actors of our day including:Distinguished directors
Atom Egoyan, Damien Hirst, Neil Jordan, Conor McPherson, Damien
O’Donnell, David Marnet, Anthony Minghella, Karl Reisz and Patricia
Rozema;With exceptional performances by Michael Gambon, the late
Sir John Gielgud, John Hurt, Jeremy Irons, Julianne Moore, Harold
Pinter, Alan Rickman and Kirstin Scott-Thomas.

Beckett DVD No. 1

* Waiting for Godot 120:00 minutes
* Not I 14:00 minutes
* Rough for Theatre I 20:00 minutes
* Ohio Impromptu 12:00 minutes
* Documentary, a 52 minute Documentary on the making of the
Beckett on Film Project

Beckett DVD No. 2

* Krapp’s Last Tape 58:00 minutes
* What Where 12:00 minutes
* Footfalls 28:00 minutes
* Come and Go 8:00 minutes
* Act Without Words I 16:00 minutes

Beckett DVD No.3

* Happy Days 79:00 minutes
* Catastrophe 7:00 minutes
* Rough for Theatre II 30:00 minutes
* Breath :45 seconds
* That Time 20:00 minutes

Beckett DVD No. 4

* Endgame 84:00 minutes
* Act Without Words II 11:00 minutes
* A Piece of Monologue 20:00 minutes
* Play 16:00 minutes
* Rockaby 14:00 minutes

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# Subjects: English Literature & Drama Formats Available: DVD

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