#samuel-beckett

#samuel-beckett

Irish literature is second to none, and for me that's quite a proud thing. The writers I've chosen for Document - Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, Seamus Heaney, William Butler Yeats, Flann O'Brien and Bram Stoker - are titans of literature and they each changed literature in their own way.

One of the central plays of the 20th century, Samuel Beckett's famously bleak comedy Waiting for Godot has been adapted, reinvented, and reimagined countless times, but Portlanders would do well to see Corrib Theatre's faithful staging, which runs for the next two weekends at CoHo Theatre.

Gabriel Byrne's portrayal of Beckett adds depth, especially in depicting the Nobel Prize dilemma and his relationships with significant figures in his life.