Discussion of Samuel Beckett's Endgame, led by Prof Aidan Hehir (University of Westminster).
We will be showing clips rather than the whole play, so please feel free to watch beforehand. There are many versions, perhaps the best is Samuel Beckett's Endgame (Michael Gambon 2000 version).
There are also a couple of readings of 'Endgame' which we will be discussing, reading both or either is optional:
- Theodor W. Adorno, Trying to Understand Endgame, New German Critique, 26 (1982), pp. 119-150.
- Greg Garrard, Endgame: Beckett's “Ecological Thought”, Samuel Beckett Today / Aujourd hui, 23(1) (2012) DOI: 10.1163/18757405-023001025
Both texts are available on request.
