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A performance of Act II of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. The central image of the play, two old tramps waiting for Godot who never comes, has become part of twentieth century mythology. Bec...kett wrote the play to be performed by music hall artists and this production exploits this with the marvellous performances of two great comic actors, Max Wall and Leo McKern.
A performance of Act II of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. The central image of the play, two old tramps waiting for Godot who never comes, has become part of twentieth century mythology. Bec...kett wrote the play to be performed by music hall artists and this production exploits this with the marvellous performances of two great comic actors, Max Wall and Leo McKern.
| Module code and title: | A307, Drama |
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| Item code: | A307; 14 |
| First transmission date: | 04-09-1977 |
| Published: | 1977 |
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| Duration: | 00:49:47 |
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| Producer: | Richard Callanan |
| Contributors: | Basil Clarke; Graham Crowden; Leo McKern; Toby Page; Max Wall |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Footage description: | Keith Whitlock very briefly indicates the relation of Act II to Act I, over a still of Beckett. Almost the whole of Act II is performed, some short passages only being omitted. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/72252 |
| Production number: | FOU2040Y |
| Videofinder number: | 3303 |
| Available to public: | no |
